Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

He has brought down rulers from their thrones     but has lifted up the humble. —Mary, from The Gospel of Luke 1:52-53 (NIV) Recently, I’ve been listening to the radio on my commutes home from work. A few days ago, I tuned into a show called The Frame, which was re-airing host John Horn’s interview…

We are approaching this year’s finals of the most famous tennis tournament in the world: The Championships, Wimbledon. This year, they celebrate 140 years since starting two centuries prior in 1877.  I have often called tennis the “Sport of Kings,” and nowhere is the regality of the sport conveyed as much as here, when players…

  Hope is a stone We hold to, Grip tightly When pain enters Unasked for. In our hand We can choose To grip tighter, To feel something That we choose, Like the cowboy With a bullet  In his shoulder. He clenches his fist To chose to feel His own grip, To get through The pain…

I’ve heard that in training for the Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps swam enough miles to circle the earth. Think of how many he must have logged throughout his career! Now Pablo Picasso, throughout his career he created perhaps 50,000 works of art. There’s a similarity here… Lots of work. Athletic training corresponds to artistic discipline. Greatness is made,…

Mercy and Art in Action: Empowering a Look, a Word, and a Touch I’ve been a part of Saddleback Church for a while now and one of Pastor Rick’s teachings I’ve seen this community live out is, “Everyone deserves a look, a word, and a touch.” It’s what Jesus modeled. He paid attention to people, seeing…