When we look at what is happening to the culture around us, and we recognize that so much of the destruction is avoidable, and we consider also the fact that the people implementing these suicidal policies are not idiots — and indeed exhibit an intelligence of the highest order in other areas, the conclusion appears …
Still An Experiment. Do Not Be Alarmed.
Super 8
This last Thursday night, Nancy and I went to the first showing of Super 8 here in Moscow, just after midnight, so I guess you would say it was actually Friday. We did not do this because we are such avid moviegoers as a general rule, but rather because the lead role in the movie …
A Test, Nothing Serious
Okay to Click
For those in the Boise area at the time, we will be having a family conference there in early July. In addition to the conference, we will be holding a reprise of the benefit concert we held here in Moscow (since our drummer lives down there). You can find out more by clicking on the …
Love Tanks
Over the years my wife and I have referred to the problem of a child having a “low tank,” meaning that it was time for us to pour on the affection. But this, like everything else in this sorry world, can be misconstrued and misapplied. When a kid has a low tank, he is low …
Just Good Stuff
I am currently reading a book called Truck: A Love Story, which is really worthwhile, but I had to stop and share this description with you. “Greg Brown’s voice sounds as it was aged in a whiskey cask, cured in an Ozarks smokehouse, dropped down a stone well, pulled out damp, and kept moist in …
Maybe We Could Quit in the Third Quarter
This recent collection of quotes basically present an interesting question to us. What are the implications of Christendom being, as the authors argue, “done”? Well, if you are a Christian, and Christendom really is done, then the obvious answer is to rebuild it. Right? Frost and Hirsch argue that this situation “will require that we …
Just Hum a Few Bars
I wanted to mention the Psalm-Off again, just to get everybody remindered about it. My initial announcements about it are to be found here and here. This afternoon I heard a portion of one of the entries we are expecting, and it got me juiced up. I am really excited about the whole project. So …
Toodle On Over
John Starke over at The Gospel Coalition has posted a few notes about The Rhetoric Companion. Check it out here. And if you want to toodle on over to Canon Press to get your pre-order in, well, nobody’s stopping ya.