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April 2014

April 28, 2014

The Worst Evangelical Blog Post Ever? A Raw, Authentic, Vulnerable Attempt to Write It.

Authenticity* is hard, requiring vulnerability, openness, and an acceptance of the fact that we are...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Canaanite Prize: Who will win this year?

Noah is in the news. He is famous for his ark and the grace he...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

O the Bliss!

One of the most popular songs in American history has the following line: "My sin,...

February 05, 2014

The Achilles Challenge

The great warrior Achilles was given a choice: live long or live gloriously. He made...

January 2014

January 11, 2014

“Because of the Music”

Our most excellent friends sing for one of Southern California's best churches, but are often...

January 09, 2014

I have a dream!

Unless you are Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., you should avoid using "I have a...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Three Full Cheers for Rural Pastors!

As the son of a pastor, the grandson of a deacon, and the great-grandson of...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

At Least Two Cheers for American Protestants!

I could just say: "Read this magnificent post." but being long-winded I cannot. American Protestants,...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

Monty Python: Five TV Shows That Mattered (V)

It was funny once. If you are my age and had a bad case of...

October 07, 2013

Hawaii Five O: Five Television Shows that Mattered (IV)

Jack Lord's Steve McGarret was Captain Kirk as a Catholic. Hawaii Five O took traditional...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Star Trek: Five TV Shows That Mattered (III)

Star Trek delayed my Dad's pastoral visit: it had that power. He came to visit...

September 25, 2013

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Five TV Shows that Mattered (II)

What The Andy Griffith Show did for life in the South, the Dick Van Dyke Show did...

September 24, 2013

The Andy Griffith Show: Five Television Shows that Mattered (I)

Would I have married her if she did not love the Andy Griffith Show? Probably, but...

September 07, 2013

But I like it . . .

When I like something, such as Disneyland, and it gets criticized on line, if I...

August 2013

August 06, 2013

The Church Must Change or Die! (Part II)

Yesterday, I received the following. I cannot verify the source. My dear Wormwood, By all...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Follow Your Arrow

Kacey Musgraves has a pleasant, albeit tinny, voice. Her song "Follow Your Arrow" was a...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

A Sad Little Film: Star Trek II Again

Star Wars fans beware. By the time J.J. Abrams is done with your childhood, it...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Adam, Where are you?

One advantage of aging is knowing good music that the trendy have forgotten, while the...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Throw us a Curve, Castle

Last night marked yet another episode centered around some aspect of the adults-with-juvenile-taste industry. This...

January 07, 2013

Contra Reynolds on “Morning After Pill”

A joy of blogging and Facebook are the thoughtful people who respond to what you...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Cloud Atlas: Sigh

Read She and Return of She and you think for a long time that something important...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

On Further Review: Replacement Refs

As the referee peers "under the hood" during a football game to review the call...

September 17, 2012

On Sam and Dean

Slowly, I am catching up with "Supernatural." This is a show that at best reminds...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Evidently I Have Secularized

At nine or ten my pastor father (Father Father) talked to me about God and...

June 17, 2012

What is a father?

My Mother and I used to laugh at greeting cards that began: what is a...

June 16, 2012

Captain Von Trapp was not an Orc

There are no orcs in a real war. Humans fight and die in a war,...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

On My Daughter’s Tattoo

Tattoos can be beautiful and they can be ugly. Body art is art: which means...

May 16, 2012

As Owner of the Packers: Resign Driver

This year for Christmas I received stock in the Green Bay Packers. I am now...

May 07, 2012

Avengers: Soulless Fun

Avengers is a great comic book movie, but nothing more. That is no insult from...