Tag: Critical thinking

  • Beyond Misunderstanding

    Beyond Misunderstanding

    Most Americans are steeped in a tradition of binary thinking that does make decision making easier, but also a lot less honest.

  • Addressing the false narrative of head versus heart

    Addressing the false narrative of head versus heart

    Jesus gives us a parable that compels us in ways that make us feel and think. What we choose to do with that is telling.

  • The Virtue of Messy Thinking

    The Virtue of Messy Thinking

    Our bias against messiness isn’t just annoying. It’s dangerous. Because it makes us less likely to connect the dots we need to.

  • Material — how we separate ourselves from our values

    Material — how we separate ourselves from our values

    We often treat thinking as separate from doing. As if the two can be separated. And as if the real world didn’t matter.

  • Why I started listening to music again

    Why I started listening to music again

    I love music. Famously addicted to shoegazing and dreampop. Then—I stopped. Here’s why I’m bringing it back.

  • Our Brains Are Broken

    Our Brains Are Broken

    Modern society has broken our brains through distraction and anxiety. So the solution requires us to change society.

  • A Trick Question

    Prayer God of Hope, be with me, with us today. Inspire us, encourage us, stir us up that we might know you better. That we might love you better. That we might see you, among these friends, today. Amen. Introduction The format is simple. Some teaching, some talking, some summarizing, some homework. Discussion When have…

  • Paul, James, and the politics of poverty

    Paul, James, and the politics of poverty

    Today’s conversations about poverty are based on a fundamentally flawed argument.