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November 2019

November 25, 2019

The Thanksgiving for Gives and Takes (Blessed be!)

Thankfulness at a moment of loss seems odd. Am I glad for death, pain, or suffering? No....

November 24, 2019

Some of Phil’s Last Reflections

This is taken from my thoughts at a conference on Phillip E. Johnson’s work following...

November 23, 2019

A Eulogy for Phillip E. Johnson

This is taken from part of what I said at the memorial service for Phillip...

November 21, 2019

A Small Thing About the Thing One Should Do (Aeneid and Virgil)

Of all the great things one can learn from Virgil’s Aeneid, and a great man...

November 21, 2019

Be Still My Soul

Death comes and leaves blank spaces in our lives. Loved friends, mentors, and family leave...

November 20, 2019

The Things We Miss

In the Bleak Midwinter When a friend dies, or a relative, that person may have...

November 19, 2019

Avoiding Mr. Collins: Help us Jane, You are One of Our Few Hopes!

Grasping for good things, can make us a bad thing. Imagine a church leader currying political...

November 18, 2019

Oh. Galveston.

Galveston is, roughly, twice as large as Manhattan. It is also entirely a gazillion times less...

November 15, 2019

If the Magic is Real (Ethics and Limits in Shakespeare’s Tempest)

The Magic is Real If magic were real, then what would you do with (say) an...

November 14, 2019

For the Healing of Soul and Body: Lest Us Pray to the Lord (On The Advent Fast Guest Voice: His Grace Bishop Thomas)

I am thankful to know His Grace Bishop Thomas, a teacher, leader, and compassionate man...

November 13, 2019

What Does Your Taste Say About You? (Guest Voice: Christina George)

I asked for new voices and have received some wonderful writing. Here is another piece...

November 12, 2019

Liberty and Law: a Bull Moose Future?

My grandfather was killed by Union Carbide. They couldn’t bother to give him asbestos protection,...

November 11, 2019

Finding Wisdom Even in Apparent Folly, Questions Matter (King Lear, William Shakespeare)

Education begins in wonder, asking the right questions, and never ends. That’s great, but if we...

November 08, 2019

A Winter’s Tale

Winter, traditionally, was a time for tales in the northern parts of the world. People...

November 07, 2019

Wife, Mother, the Holidays (Somewhat Cautionary Advice from William Shakespeare in Coriolanus)

A Man’s Wife and His Mother: How is it going? Every so often I run...

November 06, 2019

Success is not the Answer. . . (Coriolanus, Shakespeare)

The Mob No more talking on’t. Let it be done. Away, away!* So says the...

November 05, 2019

Imperfect, Perfect (All’s Well, Shakespeare)

Nobody’s perfect. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill...

November 03, 2019

Gandalf Has Gone to the West (Phillip E. Johnson)

The AOL discs came. You threw them out. AOL sent more. You let your kids...

November 02, 2019

Men must endure their going hence (Phillip E. Johnson)

Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all.* So...

November 01, 2019

On All Being Well (Some Shakespeare)

We do not, of course, always know what is good for us. Our choices tend...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

All Saints (From the Play “Conquer” on Saint Elizabeth, New Martyr)

I am writing a cycle of plays for each House of The College at Saint...

October 30, 2019

Don’t Listen to the Witchy Witches, the Rest Mayhap (Macbeth)

The Witch or the Wise Woman Beware witchy witches and fight demons, but if you...

October 29, 2019

Miss Davis or Having a Big Impact Merely By Being Nice and Kind

This Halloween I began to think of Miss Davis our neighbor and miss her mightily....

October 28, 2019

In Mild Praise of Professional Sports Fandom (A Summation)

Just this Weekend: Fandom is Fun Just this weekend my adult children (including a son-in-law),...

October 26, 2019

A Political Update: Nobody Still Knows

Pundits are paid to opine, so opine they must. I am not a pundit, but...

October 25, 2019

How to End up at Castle Dracula

A vampire sucks the blood of the living, but only to stay undead: the perfect...

October 24, 2019

More All Hallows’: Damnation to Demons, Grace to All People

Halloween, All Hallows’, is coming and, being Christian, we are preparing to pray and party....

October 23, 2019

Avoid Satanic versus Socratic Questions, Ask Good Questions Well, Even If the Answers . . . (John Milton)

God give me better questions so I can love You better. The way forward is...

October 22, 2019

Paradise Lost a Bad Leader (Thank God) (Or “How Hell Operates”)

Sometimes a work is so beautiful that you forget what is being said by the...

October 19, 2019

As God Likes It (Shakespeare!)

God is good and life is in God’s hands, so Scripture teaches and William Shakespeare believed....