A traditional Evangelical reading of the book of John’s Revelation seems to assume that the violent God of the Old Testament, after being temporarily assuaged by Jesus’ death, returns with the big guns to teach evil doers who is really the most powerful. I’ve never really thought about the violence inherent in that framework, and…
I stumbled across an article from 2008 by Bruce Wydick titled “Sex and Social Justice“. Although he makes a reasonably good case for the Christian ideal of sex within marriage, a key part of his case simply doesn’t match my personal experience. From his perspective as an economist, Wydick considers the act of sex as…
I’ve been working on a project with a couple of friends to bring data analysis to a broader audience. There are many Business Intelligence (BI) tools that target large businesses and require a major investment in time, money and internal resources. Surely the power of BI doesn’t need to be limited to that context! There…
I’ve just read “Defining Omniscience: a Feminist Perspective”, by Daniel Farmer in Faith and Philosophy (Vol. 27 No. 3 July 2010). He draws on Lorraine Code and Jonathan Kvanvig to suggest the inadequacy of the traditional model of omniscience, viz, that God know all true propositions and believes none that are false. Is propositional knowledge…
In Management Today (March 2011), Dr Tim Baker presents a suggestion about how to improve the employee performance appraisal process. He proposes that the following five 10-minute conversations be repeated each six months: Topic Content Key Questions Climate review Job satisfaction, morale and communication How would you rate your current job satisfaction? How would you…
In the podcast A Love Supreme: Jazz, Justice, Democracy, Otis Moss III builds a model for leadership on aspects of jazz. He makes some interesting connections, albeit extremely American. But I couldn’t pass up this gem: Church is not concerned about the love ethic any more … but a market-driven ministry … that turns the…
In a radio interview about her candidacy for the Australian Senate, Lin Hatfield Dodds claims that only 3 – 4% of Australia’s illegal immigrants arrive via the boats that we hear so much about. The rest fly in on normal commercial planes. If that’s true, it makes a mockery of the endless political wrangling about…
Recent research suggests that it is easier to blame someone than to praise them. Joshua Knobe shows this clearly in the following two thought experiments: Suppose that a vice-president goes to the chairman of the board and says OK, we’ve got this new policy. It’s going to make huge amounts of money for our company…
I recently read this section of Peter Kreeft‘s “Before I Go: letters to our children about what really matters” (p. 94). Jesus had a fantastic sense of humor. Even if you don’t detect it in the Gospels (but how can you miss it?), you can detect it in nature. He’s the mind (“logos”) of God…
Eric Reiss’ The 10 dos and don’ts of website development are excellent suggestions for scared or confused CEOs.
