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April 2021

April 29, 2021

If You Don’t Have the Energy to Manifest Anything

I was wandering around youtube yesterday looking for more in the genre of What I...

April 28, 2021

When God Sets A Table In The Wilderness

Well, I finally did it. I bought a harness for Gloria the cat on Amazon....

April 27, 2021

How To Criticize The Church

Backed up as I am on all the different kinds of reading, I was surprised...

April 25, 2021

When Hate Has A Home

I'm at Stand Firm this morning. On our quick trip there and back again, Matt...

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 01, 2021

Three Things on Maundy Thursday

Me thinking about moderating the comments on my blog. The First Thing Happy April Fool's...

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 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 16, 2021

You Know Neither The Scriptures Nor The Power Of God

I enjoy Helen Pluckrose on Twitter, and have been slowly going through Cynical Theories, but...

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 24, 2021

Hope In A Cynical Age

I'm over at Stand Firm today. I was committed to staying away from inauguration stuff,...

January 22, 2021

I Know It’s Disappointing, But You Do Have To Read It

Is it really Friday? And the sky is threatening snow, so that's something. For reasons...

January 21, 2021

Who Brings Princes To Nothing

This is really super long and interesting--well, the first half is good but then it...

January 17, 2021

I Have Heard You Calling

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. In the few guilty moments I did waste...

January 12, 2021

Is Christian Evangelism Wicked?

In all the swirl of bad news and uncertainty about the future, here is something...

January 07, 2021

We Should Not Be Surprised

America this morning, thinking about itself. Well, good morning, probably. This turned out to be...

December 2020

December 13, 2020

Before You Called

I'm over at Stand Firm Today. Yesterday we were finally able to have a service...

November 2020

November 17, 2020

Peace and War and Peace

There was an interesting piece a long time ago on Patheos, the writer of which...

November 11, 2020

Truth Shoves Its Way In

First of all, if you like the new Nailed It (or the old one!) it...

November 03, 2020

Spiritual “Self-Care” For Election Day

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this to you, but today is what’s known...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Books and Such Like

In the spirit of getting other kinds of work done, here are some things to...

October 28, 2020

Where We Could Pretend Things Were Normal

Well, the first thing to say is Thank You. In a very few hours the...

October 25, 2020

Where Is God Finding His Joy During Covid?

This is a talk I gave on Friday night to a group of students. Enjoy!...

October 18, 2020

Heart-rendering

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. Early Friday morning my parents packed up their...

October 11, 2020

You’re Invited!

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. I don’t know about you, but the thing...

October 07, 2020

A Faithful Witness

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Well, today is Matt’s birthday, and as a present...

October 06, 2020

Prosperity That Leads On To Death

Me, thinking about more covid. I was trying to really hunker down and read a...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

A New Creed for an Unbelieving Age

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. I’ve been seeing this sign up and down...

September 13, 2020

The Point of the Entire Exercise

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Yesterday we commended to God the body and soul...