The comments feature of this blog is still relatively new. From the beginning, the intent was to drive it around the block a few times and see what falls off. On the whole I have been very pleased with a number of things. The tenor of comments has been generally good, and the anticipated flamers …
Like You Were There
For a number of years, I have had the privilege of speaking on education reform to various groups of parents around the country. During that time, I have often wished that there was a good way for me to illustrate for these parents what school children are really capable of, and what remarkable things they …
Well, Then. Have At It.
I am glad to announce a new feature of this blog, which is that it is actually becoming a blog. Up to this point, it has been more of a web site, without the capacity for you all to respond or comment. But as of this morning, you should notice at the bottom of each …
Meat and Potatoes Blues
In the most recent Credenda on the blues, I made this comment in passing. “How are we to make sense of all this as Christians? The blues, just like everything else we try to think about, are not neutral. Nothing is ever neutral. So how are we to evaluate what we listen to? Should we …
Snippets of the Blues
Nancy and I have arrived in Memphis for the ACCS conference this week, and I have somehow managed to get Internet access in our room. If I have a chance, I hope to post some things from this vantage in lovely Tennessee, just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge. Lord willing, and the …
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A little self-promoting tub-thumping here. I wrote an article on the emerging American Empire, and the need for American Christians to stay out of imperial idolatries. The article is being featured in the June issue of Chronicles, a magazine of American culture. For those not familiar with the magazine, it can be found here, and …
Some Thinking to Do
Before I graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, I enlisted in the Navy on a delayed entry program. I had grown up in Annapolis and the idea of doing anything but joining the Navy had (I think) never occurred to me. So my parents moved from Ann Arbor to Moscow, Idaho, and I …
Killing Ants With a Baseball Bat
Some might be tempted to use the word over-reaction with regard to my interactions with Terry Morin in this space. And I agree that too much more of this would make that a warranted reaction. Now that the subject is thoroughly ventilated, there is no need to keep going over the same ground. Those who …
Boethius Counting His Toes
It appears that I should tell a story. Whenever I refer to the salient facts in this story, one of the things my adversaries like to do is accuse me of “whining,” so let me begin there, with a high-minded denial. I embark as narrator of this fascinating story, not as one who whines, but …
Oops
A small oops is in order. In a post last week, I noted that out of 64 weddings I have conducted, only four of those marriages had ended in divorce. I had (for some reason) done the percentage calculation for six out of sixty-four, giving a rate of around 9%. The actual rate is a …