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January 2021

January 18, 2021

Did Dr. King’s “Kitchen Table Experience” Really Happen?: Truth Decay #5

Do you believe that what you are doing in life is "right"? Do you truly...

January 17, 2021

The Coddling of the American Church: Division, Conspiracy Theory, & Truth Decay in America, Part #4

I've gotten some wildly different readings & responses to this series so far. I'm encouraged...

January 13, 2021

The Coddling of the American President: Trump’s Greatest Talent & Truth Decay in America, Part #3

What is the President really good at? What catapulted this former TV star and real...

January 11, 2021

The Coddling of the American President: The Paranoid Style & Truth Decay in America, Part #2

How bad has it gotten? Well, the CEO of Parler, a social media platform popular...

January 07, 2021

The Coddling of the American President: “Sacred Landslides” & Truth Decay in America, Part #1

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is...

December 2020

December 25, 2020

Favorite Christmas Carol?: Advent Meditation #5

People are noting on Facebook their favorite carols. Favorite holiday movies. That sort of thing....

December 24, 2020

Weeping (Again!) at A Christmas Carol & Other Movies: Advent Meditation #4

Do you cry over movies? Me too. I admit it: the endings of Field of...

December 18, 2020

Eric Metaxas and the Alienation of Old Friends: Advent Meditation #3

The holidays are here! Even in the midst of Covid-time, I'm thinking of old friends,...

December 13, 2020

The Sadness of the Jericho March: Advent Meditation #2

Things are getting stranger in the current meltdown of Trumpianity: this report on the "Jericho...

December 06, 2020

“I wish none of this had happened”: Frodo’s Lament and an Advent Meditation #1

In The Fellowship of the Ring, a particular line resonates with me. One character, Frodo,...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

America as a City on a Hill: Spiritual Reflections on Thanksgiving 2020

This week we prepare for a Thanksgiving season unlike any other. Covid-time is changing the...

November 14, 2020

The Joy of Books, Art, & Baseball Cards: Collecting as a Spiritual Pursuit

Anyone looking for a holiday gift for that special, hard-to-buy-for friend or family member? Or...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Loving to Read; Resisting Totalitarian Regimes: A Spiritual Meditation

I love to read, and perhaps you do too. Plus, I despise totalitarian dictatorships, and...

October 21, 2020

Nietzschean “Ressentiment” and Vintage Trumpian Anger: Spiritual Debate Prep #5

The Humanities’ Nietzschean Degeneration In a powerful essay appearing this week in Quadrant, Luke Powell...

October 17, 2020

Oliver Stone’s ‘Natural Born Killers’ & The Presidential Election of 2020: Spiritual Debate Prep #4

“The tingly audacity of ‘Natural Born Killers,’ and the addictive pleasure of watching it, begins...

October 10, 2020

“Social Trust” vs. Social Derangement–A Spiritual Problem: Debate Prep #3

OK, I'll admit it: I do not trust almost anything coming from the White House...

October 06, 2020

Bowling, Hating, & Debating Alone: Spiritual Debate Prep, Part 2

The latest installment of the Prufrock Newsletter (which I recommend) reports on a recent article...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Dehumanizing Trump; Dehumanizing Biden: Spiritual Debate Prep, Part 1

Our dehumanization of the Negro then is indivisible from our dehumanization of ourselves: the...

September 17, 2020

Everyday Horror, Everyday Thankfulness: Evil & the Death of Officer Bohannon in St. Louis

“It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the...

September 15, 2020

The Courage to Blog in Corona Time: Lessons from C. S. Lewis in War-Time

I’m launching this blog at Patheos at the tail end of summer of 2020, which...

September 07, 2020

Double Double, Toil and Trouble: A Spiritual Take on Labor Day

Double double toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Many people have heard this rhyming...

August 2020

August 30, 2020

Spiritual Coffee and the Path toward “Wokeness”

I’m launching this blog at Patheos, titled “Spiritual Coffee,” at the tail end of summer...