Tag: reason

  • The Seductive Trap of Modernism

    The Seductive Trap of Modernism

    The greatest mistake of the postmodern era is thinking we have let go of modernist thinking. But it is still everywhere.

  • Eventually is not a valid argument for now.

    Eventually is not a valid argument for now.

    Just because my daughter will eventually get her driver’s license, that doesn’t mean she gets the keys to the car.

  • change and resistance

    change and resistance

    I’m constantly hearing how people hate change for the sake of change. So why do we let our resistance to change off that same hook? While we often talk about not wanting change for the sake of change, we never talk about resistance to change for the sake of resistance. If we’re being intellectually honest…

  • ‘An explanation of cause…’

    ‘An explanation of cause…’

    “An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.” –C.S. Lewis When I’m uncomfortable with a conversation, I feel myself changing. Like I can feel a little person inside my head choosing to descend to the downstairs brain, the lizard brain which needs to defend me. I know it’s happening but the rush of…