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January 2020

January 14, 2020

Tuesday #thoughtsandprayers: Death is Bad

Matt pointed out to me yesterday that the death of Roger Scruton proves one of...

January 12, 2020

Are You Even Saved?

Was distracted from reading the lections for today by this week old item—Jim Bakker on...

January 10, 2020

7 Monarchical Takes

It's Friday. This is how I feel. So sue me. Well, I sat down to...

January 05, 2020

There Is No Ordinary Day

The problem with not blogging for two weeks in order to try to write “other...

December 2019

December 15, 2019

Love is Love

It looks like Hallmark has finally been caught in the net of this age’s god....

December 12, 2019

Forgiveness Is The Only Way

I'm over at Stand Firm Today. Enjoy! ***************************************************************************** I’ve just finished Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds....

December 11, 2019

Easy For Her To Say

In my twitter ramblings yesterday I landed on this interview in the Guardian. Another person...

December 08, 2019

Please Don’t Buy Me a Bike For Christmas

This is what Anglican Failure looks like. It is basically Christmas, if you’re not in...

December 05, 2019

My Imago Dei is So Awesome

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Enjoy! ************************************************************************** Providence has been kind this week and...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

How To Be a Good Person

I'm over at Stand Firm today, as I'm going to try to be a couple...

November 22, 2019

7 Fractious Takes

How I feel when anyone mentions “self-care.” This has been a long week—long because everything...

November 17, 2019

Watch Yourselves

The church year is wending its way to its inevitable close. As surely as the...

November 14, 2019

It Is A Terrible Choice

Yesterday I ran into this article by Caitlin Flanagan over at the Atlantic. She always...

November 13, 2019

Christianity, Like Math, Is Hard

Oh my word, what should I do? If only there were some objective source, other...

November 10, 2019

The Problem With The Bible

This morning is a mashup of the resurrection. Psalm 17 is laid out alongside Job...

November 07, 2019

Three Things on Thursday

Me getting ready for 2020. The First Thing John Crist has cancelled the rest of...

November 06, 2019

A Reasonable Alternative To Being Your Own ‘Self-Partner’

Single is out, Self-Partnered is in. So says Emma Watson who did an interview on...

November 03, 2019

For All Saints Day, Jesus Makes A Listicle

Jesus, surprised you thought it would be easy on account of how he kept saying...

October 2019

October 27, 2019

A Thousand Spent Elsewhere

There is a fine and providential tweet over on the twitter this morning, one that...

October 20, 2019

Why Not Try?

I spent a ponderous five minutes looking over the alarming statistics about the state of...

October 13, 2019

Who Will Be Your Help?

Clips of the democrat ‘equality’ town hall debate are showing up on twitter, cut into...

October 06, 2019

Increase Our Faith, Or Something

I was absolutely charmed this week to watch a video clip on twitter of a...

October 02, 2019

The Lush Garden of Human Idolatry

I missed the boat on the Apologizing to Plants moment a few weeks ago. I...

September 2019

September 29, 2019

More Than Enough

One thing I noticed as a child, as I was trundled back and forth across...

September 22, 2019

Emptying Out Death’s Storehouse

This morning’s gospel lesson makes it impossible for me not to relish—just a little bit—the...

September 15, 2019

This Saying is Trustworthy and Deserving of Full Acceptance

I was recently arrested by the line that is so often repeated through the gospels,...

September 11, 2019

Remembering 9/11

I woke up to see Remember 9/11 trending on Twitter and was sure I had...

September 08, 2019

What If Jesus Were On Twitter

Everything He tweeted would have this as it's background. I just discovered “Hashtag Sunday Thoughts”...

September 03, 2019

Call It An Altar Call*

On Sunday I happened unwittingly to wander onto a subject that clever well-educated people were...

September 01, 2019

Please, Sit Here

I happened to see a few days ago that Meghan and Harry aren’t being invited...