My friend and author, Jeff Wheeler, has written a bit on what he terms ‘virtus‘, stealing a page from Latin thought. Jeff explains: “It was a trait… Read more “Review: The Prisoner of Zenda”
Review: Journal of the Plague Year
It looks like it has been six years since I posted anything here. Those have been a very busy and tiring six years in many ways. However,… Read more “Review: Journal of the Plague Year”
Missional Homeschooling
Last night around the dinner table, two different conversation threads had a strange convergence. First, Son 2 was mentioning about how someone he knows was telling him… Read more “Missional Homeschooling”
Context
I’ve been paying a bit more attention to Facebook recently, mostly because one of the ladies at church had a brother disappear while swimming in a river,… Read more “Context”
Looking across the fence
One of the blogs I follow is Amy’s Humble Musings. In her most recent post, she muses on our need to be with people of different ages… Read more “Looking across the fence”
Because conservatives are closed-minded
My employer has just announced its next president, Michael Young, who is a Mormon. It’s been interesting hearing some of the responses. One person said, “He’s Mormon,… Read more “Because conservatives are closed-minded”
Orwell had nothing on this
http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=9863 How many Christians will give up their personal freedoms, citing the fact that we are to submit to Caesar or that we are about winning souls,… Read more “Orwell had nothing on this”
Amazing
From the ‘A Fool Says in His Heart There Is No God’ File: The other day as I was praying, I was contemplating how majestic God’s creation… Read more “Amazing”
Book Log so far
My book log so far this year is… thin, at least compared to previous years. I’m averaging only 5 books/month. I’ve got a huge backlog of magazines… Read more “Book Log so far”
Review: Forgotten God by Francis Chan
There are two ways of viewing the role of the Holy Spirit. On the one hand are the ‘holy rollers’ who treat the Spirit as their personal… Read more “Review: Forgotten God by Francis Chan”