Book Review: "The Road Trip That Changed the World"
The Road Trip That Changed the World By Mark Sayers 285 pp. Moody Publishers. $14.99. Mark Sayers’s The Road Trip That Changed the World is a piece of cultural criticism…
A Brief (and Predictable) Response to David French
An Open Letter to Young, “Post-Partisan” Evangelicals by David French Post-Partisan Evangelicals, Perception Versus Reality, and the Moral Primacy of the Abortion Debate by David French Since I’ve commented recently…
A Thorn was Given: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 8 July 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 8 July 2012 (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 and Psalm 48 • Ezekiel 2:1-5 and Psalm 123 • 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 • Mark…
Why to Love Willa Cather
I got my master’s degree in literature at a university in Nebraska, which means that I came of age, intellectually, in an environment in which Willa Cather was seen as…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #78: New Faculty
General Introduction – Displacement – David’s library carrel – Like us on Facebook! – Listener feedback Our Offices – Avoiding them, sharing them, owning them – Time management and privacy…
Book Review: "Home"
Home: A Novel By Toni Morrison. 147 pp. Knopf. $24. “The past is never dead,” wrote William Faulkner in his late play Requiem for a Nun. “It’s not even past.”…
WWJD 2.0: A Review of The Jesus Life for Speakeasy
The Jesus Life: Eight Ways to Recover Authentic Christianity by Stephen W. Smith 231 pp. David Cook. $14.99. I’ve said before that, if you want to see what a writer’s…
Some Brief and Scattered Thoughts for (next) Memorial Day
The High Holy Days of the American calendar sneak up on me more often than not. By the time I’ve realized that Mother’s Day is upon us, I’m usually scrambling…
I Saw, I Feared, I Heard: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 3 June 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 June 2012 (Trinity Sunday, Year B) Isaiah 6:1-8 and Psalm 29 • Romans 8:12-17 • John 3:1-17 I enjoy the challenge of passages like Isaiah 6. The narrative is familiar…
Missing the Platonic Point
Yesterday Tony Jones posted a brief reflection on ecclesiology, decrying Jurgen Motmann as too “idealistic” and saying that he’s “exponentially more grounded than Milbank, Hauerwas, and the other ecclesiologists on…
Can They Live?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 May 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 May 2012 (Pentecost, Year B) Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 • Psalm 104:24-34, 35b • Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21 • John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The first warning I got was thus: Don’t import the…
So I don't get it…
I seem to get into some trouble when I ask questions about political matters, but here goes anyway. I honestly don’t get some of the online reactions to North Carolina’s…
Faith in Writing: Essays in Honor of Jack Knowles
Faith In Writing: Essays In Honor Of Jack L. Knowles I’ve now seen photos in which Jack is holding this book, so I can announce it without ruining the surprise.…
Some Links to View while Nathan Graduates
When consumerism in education exceeds even Gilmour’s threshold of credulity Mark Bauerlein wonders what happens to the novel in the age of consumer divorce And in other news, partisan Republicans…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #77: Great Book, Rotten Movie
Hello. No show notes today–the topic lends itself to your being surprised. Enjoy!