Inattentional Blindness — Or Attentional Awareness?
One day, I realized I had arrived at my house without remembering a single thing along the route. I didn't remember the blinky light near my house, or if the bushes up the street were still flowering, or even if there were other interesting cars on the roadway. I had simply arrived home, on autopilot. I was, like so many of us often do, operating purely on habit and entirely in my own head. Running through my to-do list and planning what we were going to cook for dinner consu
The Cacophony of Life
Easter Sunday morning, 45 of us gathered in the cool morning air of the amphitheater to greet the dawn and remember that Jesus is alive. As we worshipped, the world awoke around us. The fragile glow of the sun strengthened into true morning light and the woods became alive with the sound of birds. Dozens of different calls joined our own to confess the life and new creation of God pulsing all around and within us. Thinking back, I have no idea what birds were present. They we
