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December 2013

December 02, 2013

Pope Francis Conservative

Pope Francis is a Christian, but he is also a conservative. These truths are so...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

What if you had a schism and (almost) nobody important noticed?

Evidently fellow Patheos blogger, Tony Jones, has gone into schism with my church. This presents...

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 25, 2013

Grand Old Problem

I did not vote for President Obama, twice, I did not vote for Bill Clinton,...

October 11, 2013

Beware Fake College or Cash Cow Degrees

Beware: higher education is changing. Many schools that exist today will not exist tomorrow and...

October 03, 2013

Sound and Fury

Most Americans would be fine during an extended government shutdown and the longer it goes...

October 01, 2013

Mr. Putin? Any Ideas?

The wily Brownshirt in the Kremlin, Mr. Putin, saved us from an immediate debacle in...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

A Thoughtful Soul: Part of Being Whole (Part III)

I think, therefore I am. So runs the one of the few philosophical quotations almost...

September 17, 2013

A Spirited Soul: Part of Being Whole (Part II)

This weekend HBU won its first football game: ever. Some schools sell t-shirts that say:...

September 16, 2013

An Erotic Soul: Part of Being Whole (Part I)

Nobody is a Vulcan, not even Vulcans, if Star Trek canon is to be believed:...

September 12, 2013

On Vocation and Money

Dear Glaucon*, Thank you for questions about vocation. No good person wants to live for...

September 10, 2013

The End of His Tenure

If he were leading a discussion class on Syria, warfare, and the last twenty years...

September 05, 2013

On Your Little Pony

I am told that there may be as many as twelve million adult males who...

September 04, 2013

How many dead Christians?

How many dead Christians are acceptable in order to teach Assad a lesson? This administration...

September 03, 2013

No Syrian Intervention

Syrian intervention is wrong. God help me I cannot support it. Our President sets our...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Not the Vladimir Russia Needs

Saint Vladimir the Great helped create Christian Russia. Given the standards of the time, he...

July 18, 2013

Steal My Dreams, Please

If a boy dreams of being placekicker for the Packers, then he is a boy....

July 16, 2013

I love you, now change.

Being married twenty-seven years is better than being married one year and one reason is...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Further Reflections of Faith and Love

I hoped she loved me, but I did not know. She turned me down cold...

June 03, 2013

In Which Jesus Is Shown To Be Better than a Facebook Friend

Friendship is a great good and Facebook friendship is a lesser good, but that does...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Dear God: Facing Tragedy

Somebody someplace will use the tragedy in Oklahoma to make a philosophical point. Somebody someplace...

May 16, 2013

Hope: Ten Things To Hope

The President is in trouble. How do we know? International news organizations, disposed to like...

May 10, 2013

Primary Mark Sanford

If you love Mark Sanford, primary him. Mark Sanford is unfit to serve in Congress...

May 05, 2013

Jesus: On Pascha

Forty-two years ago, almost exactly, I went to my Dad and asked to be introduced...

May 03, 2013

“Think for yourself!” And other bad ideas.

Al Geier, the closest person to Socrates I know, was leading class at HBU a...

May 02, 2013

The Bell of Saint Linda

My daughters are particularly insightful. When they met met the person who runs the Provost's...

May 01, 2013

“Cheer Up!” And Other Obnoxious Advice

Tenth grade was bad enough without adding forced cheerfulness. She arrived when I was in...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Adam, Where are you?

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

April 09, 2013

My son, My son: on the death of a child.

The Warren family lost a son. I wish there was something I could do to...

April 05, 2013

On Being Sad: the Death of Lucas Arts

They are gone and we will miss them and their place no one can fill....