Category: General Thoughts

When I was in high school, one of my favorite textbooks was a Norton Anthology of English Literature. I’ve held onto it in faith that...

The Study of History A couple of days ago, I started watching a TV documentary series on ancient archeological sites. I’m always a little skeptical...

John Gladden I’ve mentioned before the large cemetery next to my house. In the days of COVID-19, when there aren’t just too many places to...

I argued in the last post that Old Testament morality, far from being capricious or out of character with the New Testament, in fact enshrines...

Perhaps, instead of taking this season to brood over what we’ve lost, we should take time to appreciate all the things we still have. ...

Well, it’s been a month, and the coronavirus is still raging. With the death toll in the news everyday and some extra free time on...

Life Not-Exactly Under Lockdown Well, it’s been quite the week. I know my life has been turned topsy-turvy, and it’s probably been less affected than...

Daylight Savings Time (and a lack of rain) have allowed me to see much more of the sun this week than I have in quite...

A little bit of Sunshine The light and the darkness – they’ve become the most obvious of clichés. They are so obvious that, despite using...

During my first Navy tour, Matthew 14:22-33 (the story is also found in Mark 6) became one of my favorite stories in the gospels. To...