“It is the mark of [a] certain kind of dogmatic mind that the farther away from the evidence he gets, the more certain he gets” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 115).
The UnRoeveling of America
Introduction: The American Civil War was actually a war between distinct regions. It was a clash of cultures, a war between the several states. There were certain regions—the border states like Maryland—where the populations within the same territory were truly divided, and where it was not uncommon for one brother to fight for one side …
DIY
Camel Bisque
“And speaking of finicky diets, these are the people who strain at gnats and eat the camel. And to make it perfectly plain, swallowing unclean camels is a dietary issue” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 110).
Why Revoice Hurts My Feelings, and Why Nobody Should Care
Whenever something happens that seems impervious to plain reason speaking with an open Bible, one starts to look around for an explanation. How is it possible for something like this to happen? The PCA is supposed to be one of the stalwart evangelical denominations, and we all looked away for a minute and then blammo. …
Complicity for the Pie
“Eating stolen goods that I watched get stolen is morally problematic, and I cheerfully grant it. But I am here talking about my supposed complicity in the strange oaths that the foreman in the Texas orchard swore at his underpaid migrant workers, in the season before those pecans from said orchard made their way through …
Letters: The Revoice Edition, for the Most Part
Revoice: Keep hammering away on the Revoice Conference. You are one of the few that are publicly opposing it. Please keep doing so. Michael Michael, thanks and will do. Though thankfully, there are others, and more coming. Enjoyed (?) your humorous use of the metaphor of the birth of sin. (It is especially appropriate since …
Don’t Taunt the Cows
“On matters of gross injustice in the production of my dinner, I quite agree with the principle. In other words, if I knew a restaurant in town with the best-tasting steak got those fantastic results by flogging its cooks out back, cheating its wholesalers, double-crossing the waitresses on the tips, and sending representatives out to …
The Mortification of Courtly Love
Introduction: One of the best things about the Revoice conference is that it is making us work through some issues that we manifestly need to work through. This does not make the Revoice conference a good thing, most certainly not, but the Revoice conference presents us with a good occasion to state the straight alongside …
A Brief Reply to Joel McDurmon
Joel McDurmon has responded here to my earlier critique of his response to Tim Bayly, which can be read here. I am currently on the road, and don’t have a lot of time to respond. But I would like to say just a couple of basic things, things that I believe lie right at the …