Author Archives: Zack

This semester, I was a TA for a Systematic Theology class, and I had my first taste of grading papers. It was a strange taste. I wouldn’t call it entirely unpleasant, but it’s not a flavor that I would want in my ice cream. Having read 35 of these papers, I was most distressed byContinue reading “It’s Not That Easy Being Green”

I’ve had a number of great conversations recently with people about theology, science, and sometimes both. I get a lot of crazy looks when I tell people how excited I am to get a PhD in this and spend my life teaching and writing about it. Here are the four responses I usually get… “ScienceContinue reading “Onward to the Edge!”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” ~Albert “the man” Einstein I’ve been thinking about hearts a lot recently. My cardiologist is not happy with my ticker nor with the content of my blood. Basically, there is too much junk and not enough good stuff. Also, my heart itself is notContinue reading “My Brain Says “No” But My Heart Says “Thump Thump””

It’s ok if you want to hold off on reading this blog for a minute and just do a quite Google Image search for “night sky”. It’s alright. Don’t worry. The blog will still be here when you come back. Welcome back! What did you think? The night sky is a big reason why IContinue reading “Billions and Billions”

When I was in elementary school, one of my teachers (at my Christian school) told me that people who commit suicide immediately go to Hell because murder is a sin and the last thing they did was sin. This seemed really unfair to my young mind. People who killed themselves seemed really sad with noContinue reading “Jesus Loves You Charlie Manson”

Hey friends. First of all, thank you so much to all of you who shared my first post last week and gave me such kind words of encouragement. I often feel like I’m the only one who cares about this stuff, but I guess that’s not true! So I’ve been thinking about where I wantContinue reading “Such a Great Cloud of Witnesses (in my DNA)”