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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...

December 2017

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:...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Theological Foundations of the Family: Father Abraham

The spirit of Marcion is with us to the present day. Marcion you may recall...

January 2017

January 06, 2017

I Shall Return!

I'm pleased to announce that I've finally gotten my manuscript in to the publisher for...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Introducing: “Side Hustles for Pastors”

In my experience young pastors are a little too idealistic to entertain a side hustle...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Put Your Kids to Work, Go Ahead, They’ll Thank You for It

Some people apparently believe that children are better off when they're useless. I got a...

October 25, 2016

Is Horror Fiction Immoral?

Last evening I was in attendance for a reading at a local library by contributors...

October 18, 2016

Story-telling and Sovereignty

When my daughter was a little girl she didn't like stories with bad-guys in them....

October 11, 2016

Was Jesus a Self-Promoter?

I've been working to reconcile myself to a reality I've been denying for years. What's...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Taking a Son to College

I suspect that I'll cry. The last time I cried was when we dropped his...

August 01, 2016

Wiley, Where Are You?

It is impossible to know how many regular readers there are for this blog. But...

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...

March 02, 2016

Tentmaking: It’s Not Just for Missionaries Anymore

I enjoyed a conversation with a retired minister in my church yesterday. During our time...

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 08, 2016

Advice for a Nice Christian Young Man

If you haven't noticed by now, being nice doesn't get you very far. Perhaps the...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Why Evangelical Gender-Egalitarians are Statists

An ethic is the inner structure of a polity. Sacramental Theology and Covenant Theology are...

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...