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A Hashtag Hand Grenade

I posted what I thought was a simple, innocent tweet the other day and was completely surprised by the responses I got to it. Here’s my tweet: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes.” #Romans #JesusChangesEverything — Robert Solberg (@roso_creative) August 3, 2016 […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Culture Philosophy Politics

Please Help With My Racism

“We’ve been floating this country on credit for centuries, and we’re done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, burying black people out of sight and out of mind while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like oil — black gold! — ghettoizing and demeaning our creations and stealing […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years agoSeptember 15, 2023

Faith Philosophy Recovery

On Relapse

Today we’re going to tackle Principle 7, which says: Principle 7: Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Faith Philosophy Recovery

On Amends

This lessons covers Principe 6 (of the 8 Principles) and Step 8 (of the 12 Steps), which are: Principle 6: Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. “Happy are the merciful” and “Happy […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years agoOctober 6, 2020

Culture Philosophy

Piano Tuning & Descartes

Last summer we got a free upright piano. Even though it was a somewhat beat-up middle-of-the-road piano from 1987, I was pretty excited because it’s the first piano I’ve ever owned. We had to move it ourselves and, fortunately, we had some friends who were willing to help us out. As you might imagine, the […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Apologetics Faith Philosophy

On Bart Ehrman & Theodicy

You know when people are watching a football game and they can’t help shouting at the screen? Throw it to Rice! Lookout! Run! That’s me when I’m watching debates that feature some of my favorite philosophers or theologians. This morning I retired to my home office with my breakfast and settled in to watch a […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years agoDecember 29, 2019

Culture Music & Art Philosophy

A Noble Interogative

IF by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Faith Philosophy

The Christmas Conundrum

Emmanuel, “God With Us”. I was wondering this morning why God would choose to do such an outrageous thing for our benefit. For some reason, this reminded me of a song that we sing in church, though it’s not a Christmas song at all. I thought of it because something about it brings tears to […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years agoNovember 29, 2019

Culture Philosophy

The Ghazi Enigma

Ecologist Dr. Elaine Smith was studying the animal life in the forested area of a popular African zoo, with the goal of making sure its ecosystem was as balanced as possible. This forest was home to a small mammal called a Ghazi whose population displayed a strange behavior. Every week, in what appeared to be […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Culture Philosophy Politics

The Wade Resonance

It’s like a science fiction horror plot; imagine an epidemic with a 100% mortality rate that suddenly pops up in the Australian outback. It spreads to the small towns, then to larger cities, and over the course of just two generations, it kills every man, woman, and child, leaving the entire island of Australia, 3 million square […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago