Matthew John

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The Surreal World of Virtual Girlfriends

Apparently we Boundless bloggers have Japan on the mind. Yesterday, Suzanne told us about Japanese divorce ceremonies. Today, I bring to your attention to a new trend in that country, a trend that seems, at least to us Westerners, equally bizarre. I’m …

Hearing God’s Voice

My friend slash mentor slash former coworker, Chris, pointed me a few days ago to an interesting article on Relevant, titled “Is This God’s Voice or Mine?” The title alone compelled me. I know I’ve found myself wondering if some thought I’m having, esp …

The Sins of a Generation

My, how the mind wanders when it ought to be working on homework. Mine has wandered now to two conversations I had — one, several months ago with Liam, my brother-in-law, and another several weeks later with my good friend and seminarian, Brad. I aske …

Grad School as Worship

I find myself these days in my third semester of grad school. I wasn’t sure at the beginning of the week if I was ready for the semester to start. Summer flew by. I was only beginning to get used to the lazier schedule. But after having attended my fir …

Is Technology Morally Neutral?

The various effects technology has on us and our understanding of what it means to be human — now there’s a topic I find endlessly fascinating. Which was why I was delighted that my sister, Jenni, and her husband, Liam, both independent of one another …

Is ‘The Group’ Part of the Problem?

I was having lunch the other day with a friend of mine. He lamented that his involvement in his current Group — you know, an informal, mixed-gender group of young, single adults — was getting him nowhere. Well, not nowhere. It’s certainly provided him …

Focus Leadership Institute: A Life-Changing Semester

  This coming Thursday, I’ll be joining the faculty and my fellow staff members of the Focus Leadership Institute at our first all-alumni reunion. We have former students attending from nearly every class — back to 1995. Lee Strobel, of The Case …

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