“When we have built something, the pride of man wants to look out over it all, like Nebuchadnezzar on the walls of Babylon, and somehow to take credit. This is the beginning of insanity.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 97
Ah, Sorry. Almost Forgot.
An Epistolary November Moment
Letter to the Editor: Re: "On Aspen the Lost Dog and Other Imponderables" Pastor Wilson, your restraint is admirable. When the "other side" has a grievance far less valid or documented than ...
Ephraim is a Cake Half Turned
“The kind of ambition that wants to clamber over half-finished work in your initial radius of influence, in order to get that next promotion, is an ambition that is being driven by the wrong kind of motivation entirely.”
Ploductivity, p. 79
Christ Gives Dignity to Life
“If you want paganism without an attendant contempt for life at the margins, you want something that has never existed.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 95
Felix Maxima Culpa
One of the things that theologians have been discussing for centuries is the question of whether or not the incarnation would have happened anyway had mankind not fallen. Summed up, the question is incarnation ...
On Aspen the Lost Dog and Other Imponderables
Introduction: I begin with a disclaimer, but not with the kind of disclaimer that is banned from these November observations of mine. Even though my adversaries believe I run everything in Moscow, ...
Audio Reading of Post
The Prophecy of Micah [12]
Introduction: Sermon Video We have now come to the climax of Micah’s great prophetic word. This is the note he ends on, which is a note of consolation. God chastises His people, but He does ...
Especially With a Cheese Course
The Content Cluster Muster (10.28.21)
Strangely Relevant Somehow: A Recent Interview: Open Road: And, for your viewing pleasure, more here. Jokes I Like to Tell: One time a history teacher in the 6th grade was working through the tumultuous period surrounding the Civil War. Most of the students were tracking with her, and yet she was consistently bothered by a …