PROPHETS OF THE EMBODIED MIND: LAKOFF AND JOHNSON Back in the 1980s, these two thinkers surprised the academic world with their claim that metaphoric language is the most fundamental form of human thought and language in their book “Metaphors We Live By”. Lakoff and Johnson argued that, although it has traditionally been regarded as a…

What should we think about the Easter story? I’m not talking about the usual stuff like Easter, church, resurrection, or life after death. I didn’t grow up with those things and find it hard to relate to them now. What interests me is the story of Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection — what happened, what…