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Sailing to Byzantium

I only recently read this poem for the first time, and something about it really resonated with me. Such a noble sentiment, infused with agony and yearning. Yeats, an Irishman, wrote this poem in 1926 at the age of 61. Of it, he said: “I am trying to write about the state of my soul, […]

R. L. Solberg 4 years agoNovember 21, 2020

Apologetics Culture Faith Philosophy Theology

A Piece of Life

The following exchange happened between an unidentified questioner, and an Indian yogi and mystic called Jaggi Vasudev, who is more commonly known as Sadhguru. The questioner asks, “We have light and dark, we have hot and cold, do we have also good and bad?” Sadhguru answers, “Good and bad is not in terms of your […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years ago

Apologetics Culture Philosophy

On Human Decency

Author Christopher Hitchens was brilliant with a turn of phrase. In that sense, I often think of him as the C. S. Lewis of antitheism; charming, clever, intelligent, well-read, British. He had a way of phrasing his arguments so that his point seemed like the only logical position one could possibly hold on the matter. […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years agoOctober 10, 2020

Apologetics Culture Faith Philosophy Theology

Is Evil a Problem to Be Solved?

Another day, another mass shooting. At least this one ended relatively well for the innocent parties involved. My soul is weary of all the violence and unrest going on in my country. And the truth is that this problem is much bigger than the current cultural landscape of the USA. Any sane person knows there […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years ago

Apologetics Culture Faith Philosophy Politics

An Existential Conundrum

This horrific Waffle House shooting is a textbook example of why we need reasonable gun laws. It’s also is a textbook example of why gun laws aren’t the answer. Reading all the news stories about this lunatic’s past run-ins with the law, it’s obvious he has some serious mental health issues. This is a man […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years agoSeptember 19, 2019

Culture Politics

Murders: The Raw Data

I recently came across a post from CBS News called Murder map: Deadliest U.S. Cities in which they present the murder rates in 61 cities and major urban centers across the U.S. for the first half of 2017. After scrolling through the list I got curious about the political make-up of the cities on the list. I […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years ago

Culture Politics

A Not So Radical Solution

My heart is breaking along with the rest of the country for the families in Parkland, FL who’ve had to endure such a shocking and senseless tragedy. I’ve been lifting them up in prayer, feeling the loss of safety and control we all feel, and wondering when enough is going to be enough. When are […]

R. L. Solberg 5 years ago

Apologetics Culture Philosophy Politics

What’s Wrong With The World?

If you’re like me, some days you just need a break from the news. I often feel my blood pressure rising as I scan the headlines. Just this morning a perusal of several popular news sites including CNN, BBC, Fox, and others revealed dozens of articles on issues like terrorism, racism, Trumpism, violence, bigotry, starvation, […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years ago

Apologetics Culture Faith Philosophy

On Falling Apples & Geography

There is certainly some truth to the old saying, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. Like it’s close cousin, “a chip off the old block”, it refers to a parent and child having very similar beliefs, personalities or behaviors. Out in the Greater Twitterverse it’s also the basis for a very common argument […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoNovember 21, 2020

Apologetics Culture Faith

Is Christmas Real?

In the modern Western world most everyone is familiar with the basic story of Christmas, even if they aren’t Christian. Linus Van Pelt did a pretty good job of explaining it back in 1965: The passage Linus reads in the video above is from the book of Luke and it’s amazing to see how the author […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years ago