Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • listen

    I have been meaning to blog more on faith and science, but I have been stuck on other tasks first.  In the meantime I heard about this illustration that seemed perfect for Our Daily Journey.  I have embedded links to the video and the Washington Post article in case any of you may want to use…

  • Scripture and science

    The next big challenge for the Christian community appears to be how to integrate the recent claims of the human genome project, which published its findings in 2004.  This month’s issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (published by the American Scientific Affiliation) is devoted to this question, and three of its four essays…

  • hawking vs. God

    Stephen Hawking has a new book called The Grand Design.  An excerpt ran today in The Wall Street Journal under the title, “Why God Did Not Create the Universe.”  Hawking concedes that our universe is finely tuned for our existence, but argues that the sheer number of universes makes it probable that life somewhere would…

  • why?

    Here’s an entry for Our Daily Journey that I worked up today.  It made me stop and think, so I share it with you in the hopes that you might profit and give me ways to improve it.  read > Ecclesiastes 4:1-8 Who am I working for?  Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?…

  • not going anywhere for awhile? the ultimate snickers ad

    You’ve probably seen the news about the 60 mile traffic jam outside Beijing that will take weeks to unclog.  Beijing was overcrowded in the early nineties when I lived there, and I can’t imagine ten million people with cars.  On the other hand, the people stuck in this jam have probably ridden in the hard…

  • context

    The cover of this week’s Time magazine is timely:  “Is America Islamophobic?:  What the anti-mosque uproar tells us about how the U.S. regards Muslims.” On p. 24, the cover story explains why some Americans wrongly believe that Islam supports violence:  “Since most terrorist attacks are conducted by Muslims and in the name of their faith, Islam must…

  • muslims in america

    Here is an exceptionally insightful column on the Ground Zero/Muslim mosque/cultural center controversy in today’s New York Times.  The last two paragraphs are worth reading very slowly. Update:  I am hearing different voices about the mosque in Manhattan–the builder is a moderate, no he’s a radical; there are already mosques in lower Manhattan, so what’s…

  • stamp thine own image, deep on my back

    Last week at church I was asked how to spell “Jesus is my Savior” in Greek for a young person who wanted an exceedingly cool, Christian tattoo.  The Greek letters wouldn’t translate from MS Word to this blog, so if you’re interested in spelling this tattoo correctly you’ll have to email me directly.   I verified…

  • everything you knew about marriage is wrong

    Al Mohler has posted an article on the Proposition 8 ruling that will make you want to move to Canada, except that they are even further down the road on this issue than we are.  A couple of quotes from the judge’s ruling are simply astounding: “Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or…

  • can three lesbians marry?

    A California judge tonight “refudiated” proposition 8 in California.  There will be much commentary in the news tomorrow, but three initial items struck me as significant. 1.  The judge said that “Proposition 8 harms the state’s interest in equality, because it mandates that men and women be treated differently based only on antiquated and discredited notions…