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February 2019

February 18, 2019

Transcendence: Meaning from Above

In my last post I introduced the first part of a statement that justifies a...

February 12, 2019

Gutting Creation of Meaning Guts Scripture

Well, I'm back. Sorry for the long absence. I was pretty busy, first preparing to...

November 2018

November 16, 2018

The Antifragile Pastor

The good folks at CrossPolitic just published an essay of mine. Here's how it starts,...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Advice for a Single Woman Who Is Looking for a Masculine Man

I have known a number of unhappy single Christian women over the years. Many of...

October 17, 2018

Thumbscrews: How Conservative Clergy Are Pressured into Silence

It would be amusing if it were not so diabolical. The people who control our...

July 2018

July 09, 2018

Do Children Matter?

Today I recommend to you a book for new parents, and maybe not so new...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

My Latest Appearance on The Chris Craft Show

For those folks who enjoy podcasts, allow me to recommend The Chris Craft Show. Of...

June 13, 2018

Is This Evangelicalism’s Red-Pill Moment?

Generally speaking, evangelicals believe you can separate form from content. You can take meaning—what I...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

Manhood at First Things and Touchstone

Here are some sightings of yours truly at First Things and at Touchstone--a couple of...

May 08, 2018

How Big Is Too Big?

In the original Twilight Zone there is an episode entitled, The Last Night of a...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Making the Good Life from Home

In my advocacy for recovering the productive household, the first question I'm asked is, "Is...

April 23, 2018

Watchful Dragons

I think most people assume stories make difficult things easier to understand. That's why preachers...

April 17, 2018

Appearing on The Dean Abbott Podcast, Among Other Things

Long-suffering readers, I apologize for the infrequent posts as of late. It has been a...

April 06, 2018

A Young Man Reflects on Gun Violence Walkout Protest

What follows are the reflections of a high school senior on the national gun violence...

April 04, 2018

On Committing Fiction as a Pastor

What follows are some concluding remarks to a talk I am delivering at Eastern Nazarene...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

The Family that Votes Together Stays Together

Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton often says more than she means to say. Such was the...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

The Dark Satanic Mills of Public Education Have Got to Go

I don't hate public schools because I am a Christian, I am a Christian, in...

February 06, 2018

Why Are Young People Turning to Socialism?

It's pretty simple to explain the turn to Socialism among the young. It's fear.

January 2018

January 29, 2018

On Getting & Keeping Masculine Men in Church

First, if you want to reach men, it helps to be a man.

January 17, 2018

You’re So Special! The Real Dark Art of Harry Potter & Stories Like It

I’ve come to see that Harry Potter truly is a Trojan Horse in one respect–and...

January 08, 2018

What Is the Appeal of Jack Donovan for Many Young Christian Men?

If you know who Jack Donovan is, you don’t need me to explain what I’m...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Sooner or Later You Run Out of Other People’s Kids

If you turn children into expensive hobbies don’t be surprised when people stop having them.

December 14, 2017

You Say “Medieval” Like it Is a Bad Thing

The other day a person whose ignorance was only exceeded by his confidence said dismissively,...

December 07, 2017

Broken Homes, Scientology, Fatherhood, and Writing! (The Chris Craft Show)

What do all these things have in common: broken home, Scientology, fatherhood, and writing? Answer:...

December 04, 2017

The Purloined Boy is Here!

Well, lookie what came in the mail! My young adult fantasy series has just had...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

We Don’t Need More Academic Freedom, We Need More Academic Honesty

Here's my coda for all the people out there working in evangelical colleges: the burden...

November 16, 2017

Returning the Gift

Idolatry is making too much of a good thing. And this is what makes it...

November 04, 2017

Give the Gift of “Eucatastrophe” this Christmas!

Like so many other people, the works of J. R. R. Tolkien have stirred me...

November 02, 2017

Sloth and the Sexual Revolution

Sloth is the sin of the hopeless.

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Christianity is a Record-Keeping Religion

Naturally we'd all like to forget some things: our failures, our sins, our stupid remarks....

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