Theology That Bites Back
Over reformation weekend you’ll find me back at the Fight Laugh Feast Conference in FortWorth, Texas on October 31st-November 2nd. For some reason, known best to themselves, they keep inviting me back. The theme this year is Prodigal America. I’ll be giving two talks, the first of which is on “Bastard Nation.” I’ll be taking …
You are cordially invited to something. “What?” you may well ask. Tomorrow night, at 7 pm, at the NuArt Theater in Moscow, the notorious Dad’s Band is putting on their annual tribute to the quirky and the classic. There will be seventeen songs in all, ranging from Ventura Highway to Pick Up the Pieces, and …
Introduction: If you have not heard about the latest entry in the Moscow fiasco semi-finals, then . . . read on. The best way for you to get up to speed on the general situation is by reading this statement issued by Logos School. Logos Statement On December 12th 2023, Logos School rented the U …
No, no. Not Freemasons. Brick-laying masons. Christ Church is in the middle of building our new fellowship hall, and if you have the skills of an experienced mason, we would be interested in talking to you about it. This is not one of those newfangled jobs where you can work remotely, this being another area …
So then, people. This coming October I’ll be in Williamstown Kentucky, and I will be there for the Fight Laugh Feast Network’s fourth annual conference. The theme of this year’s conference is The Politics of Six Day Creation. I’ll be speaking two times—or dos times, as we bilingual people sometimes say— throughout the three day …
Fair warning, right at the front end here. I am going to get to a pitch in the last paragraph, so if you don’t like pitches, then I suggest a penultimate stopping point. But first I want to tell you a few things about the reason for the pitch. The last several years have been …
All at once! In one place! So Canon is (as they say in the South) fixing to release three books of mine. The books are A Justice Primer, on true justice, Skin and Blood, on race relations, and To the Church at Rome, a commentary on Romans. So here are some teasers . . .
For those in the local Moscow area, I wanted to remind you of the Life After Roe event, which is this Friday at 7:00 pm at the UI Pitman Center. The event is free, but please register in advance, which you can do via the QR code on the flyer or at this link here. …
So this coming October, I’ll be in Knoxville Tennessee at the Fight Laugh Feast Network’s third annual conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Lies, Propaganda, Storytelling, and the Serrated Edge.” The subtitle could be “Culture War Ain’t Beanbag.” I’ll be speaking twice throughout the three-day event. On Friday night, the title of my …
Introduction: If you scroll down to the bottom of this thing, you will readily ascertain that this post is partly “Autobiographical Fragments,” and partly “Shameless Appeals.” So allow me to dispatch the autobiographical fragments part first. When I was in the Navy, before they let me anywhere near the water, I went through boot camp, …
