Play (it again)

I have written twice on this blog about play. Here and here. An article about play in Science News caught my eye this week. The original article  in October’s The Scientist is quite interesting. Did you know rats laugh?  There is evidence that birds play. Octopuses  and turtles and wasps play also. I wonder why that surprises […]

God and Dog and Barth

This week let’s look at something Karl Barth wrote. If you would like some information about Karl Barth, this Wikipedia article is one source, and the Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology has three short articles, and finally here is a 1962 Time magazine article. While there is a lot about Karl Barth on line, his books themselves are […]