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New ink, courtesy of Jonathan at Geek Ink and the Legacy of Hope Pet Rescue fundraiser
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Its been some kind of week here. Been dealing with a very sick cat, in the midst of starting a new job. Hoping to spend some time slowing down, and sharing the writing I’ve been doing this week in spite of everything else.
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On my blog this morning: Significance. Effectiveness. These are words that a Christian should eschew, words meant to distract and mislead us from our true calling to love and be loved, simply and unconditionally.
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Morning prayers with my guys, and then Formula 1 practice from Silverstone. Happy Friday morning!
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Continuing Ahsoka prep with the third in this trilogy
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First day for me and Hollis at the new job! Excited to be starting my time as the Coordinator of Youth and Family Ministries for Fellowship Congregational Church here in Tulsa
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Today’s blog post: a quick reminder that, despite its many flaws, the American Revolution was better than the alternative would have been. #history #revolutions #AmericanHistory
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On the blog: reflecting today on the complicated nature of Independence Day for a Christian and a leftist
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My new blog post this morning: saying good riddance to affirmative action from the left.
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Currently reading, learning, and planning…
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Nearly five months on, that new Gorillaz album really bumps. Bummed they aren’t gonna tour though.
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Bought a bushel of corn this week, so spending my day shucking, shocking, canning and freezing!
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Back to blogging this morning, with a post contemplating the question @ayjay posed a while back: what is culture?
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All the things are growing so beautifully here this year, thanks to all the sunshine and rain so far. Here’s a small sampling of our abundance.
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Today’s blog post: reflecting on the illusions of wealth through the lens of HBO’s Succession.
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Over on Substack, I have been engaged in an essay project for almost a year. Today, that project begins it’s next phase. The Radical Ordinary is a project exploring theology, ethics, and culture. I invite you to check it out.
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Starting this one. My nonfiction focus this year is broad European histories; I just finished an abridged but still massive copy of Gibbons’ “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” Now I’m moving on to some more contemporary takes.
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I wrote on the blog this morning a short reflection on a passage from Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light.
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The final essay wrapping up my Politics of Charity series. This one explores questions of how the church governs itself, its stance towards money, and what it means to care for the stranger. Give it a read and subscribe to my newsletter; there is lots of good stuff coming there soon!
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My latest blog post: thinking about Wendell Berry, Dollar General, and the decline of small towns as real places in our modern world.
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I love Thursday mornings; my four closest friends and I log into a Zoom call at 6:30am for conversation, accountability, and mutual encouragement. We loosely base our time on Wesleyan band meetings and draw on the Book of Common Prayer. It is a welcome refresh every week.
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Going on six days straight of blogging! I successful start to the summer. Here is today’s very short post.
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Continuing this fruitful dive into Wendell Berry early this summer with a classic. I read this once before, in seminary, but didn’t have time or brain space to sit with it and really take it in. Looking forward to doing so now. #wendellberry #bookstagram
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Farmers market season is the best. Cut and packed these radishes in water today that I got Saturday morning at the Kendall-Whittier market
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Today’s blog post, continuing the reading of Wendell Berry: the Territory of historical self-righteousness.
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