Wonder, Fear and GriefLisa and I have known each other for more than thirty years. We met at Bible College in southern California when I was around 21 or 22 and…Dec 9, 2024Dec 9, 2024
The Debate SpectacleIt’s all spectacle, very little of substance. But of course, that is what matters in American politics at the moment.Aug 18, 2024Aug 18, 2024
Tobit’s DogIt starts out with a sparrow shitting in a fella’s eye. From that point on, it only gets better.Aug 11, 20241Aug 11, 20241
The Quasi-Spirituality of the Self-Help Industrial ComplexThis is a critique of the self-help industry and corporate spirituality, informed by a completely capitalist ethos. This is what I term…Jan 4, 2024Jan 4, 2024
My Wild Religious Youth: A PrologueWhen I was nineteen my dad made me work in the sawmill. He was the Vice-President of the sawmill. The owner was the President, and he lived…Dec 24, 2021Dec 24, 2021
Living in Fear During a PandemicA FB-friend posted the following statement, and it makes me wonder how many of my evangelical and Christian friends would agree? She wrote:Dec 23, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Crane’s “Maggie” Can be Read as A 19th Century Critique of CapitalismMaggie, A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is one of the funnier American novels that I have read.Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
TribulationSuffering does not build character. There is no rock bottom. And what doesn’t kill you now may still kill you in the future; it does not…Jul 15, 2015Jul 15, 2015
