by Rich Hansen | Mar 9, 2018 | Living within Paradox
Most of us get the occasional x-ray. What if an x-ray could be re-purposed to show what is going on inside of us in a new way? During the cold war era, the Soviet Union forbid forms of Western music like jazz and rock-and-roll from entering the country because it was...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 1, 2018 | Living within Paradox
In the blaring refrains of polarized worldviews on guns in America, a new note is being heard. Corporate giants cut their ties to the NRA. Dick’s Sporting Goods refused to carry AR-15’s and to sell guns to anyone under 21. High school students speak convicting...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 30, 2017 | Living within Paradox
Anthony Gliedman, New York City commissioner of Housing, found an ingenious solution to urban blight. His agency pasted vinyl decals over the broken windows of hundreds of the city’s abandoned buildings. Some looked like curtains, some like venetian blinds…some had...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 19, 2017 | Living within Paradox
How does someone fearful of what four years of a Trump presidency may bring respond to this Inauguration Day? For me, it offers an opportunity to literally practice what I’ve been preaching. In my book Paradox Lost: Rediscovering the Mystery of God I wrote this about...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 12, 2017 | Living within Paradox
What can science tell us about the mystery of God? Recently I responded to a friend’s quotation of Philip Yancey in his devotional book Grace Notes about the “fine-tuning” of the universe. Here’s a replay of Yancey’s point: “Rumors of another world sneak in even among...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 5, 2017 | Living within Paradox
With all the pristine hours, weeks and months of a new year before us, let’s think about time itself. Einstein showed that time is fluid. When you’re traveling near the speed of light, unbelievably, time actually slows down. The Bible also shows that time has...
