A story is told about Chuang Tzu, the Taoist philosopher. His wife had died, after forty years of marriage, and a friend named Huizi came to offer condolences. Walking into the house, he found Chuang Tzu playing drums on a wooden bowl and singing. “What are you doing?” Huizi exclaimed. “People will think you don’t […]
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Be Like Water
February 12, 2012 
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“The best man is like water. Water is good: it benefits all things and does not compete with them.” -Lao Tzu[i] I teach a course on the New Testament, and my goal this week was to finish the Gospel of Mark. I figured we’d talk about Mark’s somber portrayal of dim-witted disciples and a suffering […]
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November 7, 2011 1 Comment
I was reading outside this summer when a hornet labored by and landed on a table. Beneath its belly, the hornet was clutching a small, green caterpillar as long as it was, which is why it could barely fly. After sitting for a moment, apparently exhausted, the little black vampire began digging its mandibles into […]
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