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The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg, c. 1850 Recently, a colleague emailed me regarding one of his findings among students at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university.

Au Clair de Lune by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1882 I have known what it is like to get ‘the call’.

Bob’s Notes by Kirk Durston, 2026 PDF of this article Two sheets of light-blue notepad paper sit on my desk, given to me by my friend Bob a few weeks before he died.

pdf of this article Eying the Fruit Stand by John George Brown, 1884 Theoretical physicist, Sabine Hossenfelder believes that everything that happens in the real world, including our thoughts and decisions, are a consequence of the laws of nature and the…

pdf of this article Magpies by Archibald Thorburn 1905 Evolutionary biologist, Bret Weinstein, has a reputation for some pretty wild ideas outside his area of expertise that I might not want to defend.

Memories and Regrets by Kirk Durston and Chat GPT As my father neared the end of his 92 years, I noticed a profound and unexpected change in what was important to him.

Man Reading by Candlelight by Rembrandt Peale, circa 1805-1808 About a month ago, a student skeptical of the existence of God asked, “How do we know if we know anything?”

‘The Court Jester’ 1870, by Claude Andrew Calthrop (Makes them happy but mocks reality) Download the pdf for this article I suspect this may be one of the most important articles I have written over the course of my entire life but also one of the most fo…

Gathering Flowers by Albert Lynch, circa 1905 It was one of those unexpected messages that carried deep sorrow.

Fairy of the Moon by Hermann Faulbach, circa 1885 Several weeks ago I was invited to participate in an atheist’s livestream discussion on the topic of the ‘god-of-the-gaps’ fallacy. (1) Afterward, as I reflected on our discussion, I noticed something rath…

Mother and Child in the Garden, Virginie Demont-Breton (1859-1935) PDF of this article.

Moments of Thoughtfulness by Charles Sprague Pearce, 1882 I paddled my canoe into a small bay on a nameless Canadian wilderness lake and eased up near the base of a cliff rising up from the water.

Wooded Path in Autumn, by Hans Anderson Brendekilde, 1909 A few days ago, I witnessed a confrontation on the evening news where two opposing groups viewed the other as morally repugnant.

A Greenland or Gyr Falcon, circa 1900 by Archibald Thornburn A couple of months ago I was standing outside the home of a young Canadian pastor when he showed me an email he had just received.

Biscuits Champagne by Alfonse Mucho 1896 At this moment, there is a steady stream of attempts to mislead and misinform you.

Night is Fled by Maxfield Parrish (1918) While sitting in the Edmonton International Airport awaiting a flight, I read the latest online comments on a very short argument I had posted for the existence of the supernatural.

A Coign of Vantage by Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1895 I was sitting at a beautiful, solid oak conference table in the boardroom of an elaborate scam operation, and I was the target—although I did not yet know it.

What we see taking place in our culture today is the prolonged scream of a humanity that is losing its soul by Alfonse Mucha, 1899 What if there was a good and wholesome pleasure that, if allowed to dominate you, slowly destroyed the essential aspect of y…

Waterfall, Maxfield Parrish 1930 The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines Sodom as "a place notorious for vice or corruption." (1) The figure of speech originates from ancient historical accounts of a city that was located somewhere in the region of…

Morning Spring by Maxfield Parrish (1922) As Socrates was awaiting trial at the law courts in ancient Athens, he happened to meet a young man named Euthyphro who was prosecuting his own father for what he claimed was murder.