RightSideUp

                For anyone who didn’t know, a few months ago I moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Yokosuka, Japan. It’s definitely been an interesting transition;...

In JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Bilbo, the eponymous hobbit, finds on his front porch a wizard who declares, “I’m looking for someone to share in...

I’ve had a lot of free time lately, and in that time, I’ve done a good bit of reading. When I was little, my reading...

I recently listened to a debate between Christopher Hitchens and John Lennox, a prominent Christian apologist. One of Mr. Hitchen’s arguments went something like this:...

“No one is really evil,” so the argument goes. “Cackling, self-conscious villains only exist in movies. Life is more complicated than that. People act out...

Last night, I finished a 350-page history of Japan from the 1500s through 2014. I always find history interesting, and particularly so when I’m living...

Earlier today, I was watching a debate between Christian and atheist scientists. As the debate drew to a close, I was taken aback when the...

Last week, I finally watched the movie Unplanned. It was an excellent film – although very intense; I wouldn’t recommend watching it on a whim....

A couple of days ago, I spent a good half-hour scrolling through the photos on my phone, which basically tell my life story back to...

“Count it all joy,” James says, “when you fall into various trials.” This was YouVersion’s verse of the day on the day I left home...