Neither/Nor:
Ruminations of a Spiritual Traveler

With apologies to Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, our general topic is the reflective Christian sailing in the sea of contemporary culture (and church). A cacophonous sea of competing claims and counter-claims, to which I often find myself responding “neither/nor.” But “what instead?” Aye, there’s the rub, matey. And that’s the white whale we pursue. Boats away!

Posts tagged reason

Reason, Risk, and Meaning: Balancing Humility and Confidence

Reason, Risk, and Meaning: Balancing Humility and Confidence

Whenever I hear someone claim that they only believe what is demonstrated by reason and science, I want to smile.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorFebruary 28, 2018meaning, reason, risk Comment

Words for Making Sense of It All

We have more words for thinking than Eskimos have for snow—and they have dozens. All of them are attempts to get at some aspect of the ceaseless human process of making sense of things.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorOctober 8, 2011meaning, reason, reflective, skeptical believer Comments

Reason is a . . . um . . . Prostitute

Reason is both a lovely helpmate and a whore. I have been exploring that idea quite a bit the last few months while writing this Skeptical Believer book.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorSeptember 30, 2011reasonComment