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April 2021

April 13, 2021

The Wodehouse Guide to Lament (…not really…)

I have writer's block. Not because I can't think of anything to say, but because...

April 09, 2021

7 Takes In All Directions

All my Easter Flowers gathered on the kitchen counter. I wasn't going to blog today...

April 08, 2021

What To Make Of That Revelation You Had

Someone tagged me on twitter with this article and because I don't tweet very well,...

April 07, 2021

Self-Flagellate for the Kingdom of Heaven is Near

Well, it's been an exciting week. Not only did my review of Jesus and John...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

The Irony of the Blood

I could never have prophisied that the thing rattling around at the back of the...

March 28, 2021

Dethroning Satan on Palm Sunday

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. Rolling Stone plucked up its stunning and brave...

March 26, 2021

7 Takes of Unhappiness

One Last Selfie With A Good And Faithful Dog One I did not intend to...

March 18, 2021

What Is Really The Problem?

There is a lot of grief and rage on social media this morning, and I...

March 17, 2021

Eternity in a Year

I think we might be near or actually upon the one-year anniversary of "however many...

March 14, 2021

Another One Bites The Dust

I am over at Stand Firm this morning. It seems to be the “new normal”...

March 12, 2021

7 Hopeful Takes

Is it really the end of the week? And yet I didn't get anything done,...

March 11, 2021

An Exercise In Lament

As usual, it's so hard to know in what direction to wander this morning. I stayed...

March 10, 2021

It’s Never Too Late To Try Reading The Bible

Well, I made the mistake of not spending the whole day online yesterday. Too bad...

March 09, 2021

A Braver, More Stunning Space

Jesus scrolling around TicToc watching people pontificate about how racist he is. I haven’t watched...

March 07, 2021

Is “Christian Flourishing” the Real Gospel?

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. Over the past tumultuous year, I have become...

March 03, 2021

Three Ways Not To Cancel A Book

Well, I wasn't paying attention very well yesterday and didn't really grasp the shock and...

March 02, 2021

Maybe We Will Live and Do This and That

Jesus as excited as Piers Morgan about Harry and Megan being interviewed by Oprah. Well,...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

The Choice To Die

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. The Anglican world is well into its second...

February 26, 2021

You Have Closed Me In Behind and Before

I've used up all my blogging time reading this very long piece that I commend...

February 25, 2021

You Only Die Once

I've been working on an article for the last month or so--You Only Die Once:...

February 23, 2021

More Good Listening

Don't mean to be turning everything into links, but I didn't have my act together...

February 21, 2021

There but for the Grace of God Go I

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. There is an interesting opinion piece making its...

February 17, 2021

Lent Adjacent

Jesus asking himself what I'm going to give up this year. Here we are again,...

February 14, 2021

True Love for Valentine’s Day

I'm over at Stand Firm today. It is both Valentine’s Day, as everyone knows, and...

February 11, 2021

We Can’t Do Hard Things Because We Don’t Want To

I thought I was going to post a video today with more of my #thoughtsandprayers...

February 10, 2021

Wandering Around That Howling Wilderness

Well, we just got through another birthday successfully. Bit of a break now until April--of...

February 09, 2021

Who Is To Blame?

My child says it's easier to draw a man's face than a woman's. [Used by...

February 04, 2021

Money for Books

Me thinking about how I will collect Grace Livingston Hill books in the future. Well,...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

7 Takes on Identity Mostly

Well, it is Friday, and it sure is cold out there, and getting colder, so...

January 28, 2021

Happiness and Bernie

Me thinking about all the constraints on my time and my person. As usual, I...