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August 2016

August 26, 2016

If you like folk music, you may like this: ChurchFolk!

In my last post I spoke about taking one of my sons to college. Well,...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Is the Scientific Method a Form of Mental Illness?

I had thought of naming this post: Science and the Quotidian Mind, but I was...

June 01, 2016

Calvinism and the Sublime: the Art of Darkness

I suspect that both the apologists for Calvinism and its detractors misunderstand its appeal. It...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Why Beer Commercials Are the Best and What That Says about Creativity

I actually had a Dos Equis for no other reason than The Most Interesting Man...

May 20, 2016

The Narrative Thread I Followed in Mark 11:1-12:17

Last time I mentioned a "small signal" from Luke 11:11, "...it was already late." I...

May 18, 2016

More Thoughts on the Art of Preaching: Following Narrative Threads

I picked up, The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter after I finished my...

May 16, 2016

Some Thoughts on the Art of Preaching: Why We Miss Narrative Threads

A retired pastor complimented me on my preaching yesterday. He expressed amazement at my approach,...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Writing Good Character

I've had a small measure of success writing fiction for young adults. What I mean...

April 11, 2016

Thoughts on Writing Epigrams

I'm working my way through Eric Hoffer's, The True Believer. It's a marvelous book, full...

April 07, 2016

Telling Stories: Why Preachers Should Learn to Write Good Fiction

J. R. R. Tolkien in his famous essay, On Fairy Stories noted that a story...

March 2016

March 07, 2016

The Fermi Paradox and Extraterrestrial Life

When I was a kid I figured we'd be a star-faring civilization by now. Things...

March 04, 2016

H. P. Lovecraft, Evangelist of the Sublime

Most people know that Grimm's Fairy Tales are not the watered-down stuff Walt Disney gave...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Eddie the Eagle — Reviewed

I had the pleasure of screening, Eddie the Eagle for Patheos last Wednesday. It is...

February 05, 2016

Living in a Metaphor

I recall a conversation with a young author years ago. We were having lunch in...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

The Purloined Boy: Plato Pottering Around

Guest review by David Deavel--the Associate Editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and...

January 27, 2016

Stirred by Shakers: the Elegant Errors of a Failed Sect

When it comes to the opinion of the people who matter, the Shakers are hip....

January 25, 2016

The Finest Hours, a Crucible of Courage: a Review

Back in olden times, when there were only 3 networks and a slurry independent UHF...

January 24, 2016

Can the Artless Preach?

Within Protestantism anyway, when it comes to aspirants to the ministry, I hope it is...

January 15, 2016

Nominalism and the Law of Unintended Consequences

I like antibiotics and air-conditioning, and I'd like to keep them. Many knowledgable people agree...

January 08, 2016

The Revenant Reviewed

"O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself!" Psalm 94:1 I know a man who...

January 07, 2016

Splash page for a new comic of mine…

A splash page introduces a story. Here's a the pencil for the splash...yet to be...

January 06, 2016

Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis, Part 4 (and last, at last)

Does Robert Crumb hate you? I've used the word hate pretty liberally throughout my review....

January 04, 2016

Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis, Part 3

I just ordered R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country . The reason I did...

January 01, 2016

Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis, Part 2

Three or four years back I queried Books and Culture about writing a review of...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis, Part 1

I begin with a confession: I am not a fan of Robert Crumb. But from...

December 29, 2015

Tribute to Howard Finster & Forthcoming Review of R. Crumb’s, The Book of Genesis

I just finished a tribute to Reverend Howard Finster this morning and thought I'd share...

December 23, 2015

Atheists Don’t Have No Songs

If someone told me a story about an old industrial town that defended its beautiful...