A word about the Middle Kingdom
For the last several months, my wife has watched a seemingly endless series of Chinese dramas. You’d think that if I sat down and paid attention, I’d get really good… Read more »
Category: Thoughts in Progress
The Twisted Genius of Creativity
Last night as I was drifting into sleep, I heard this exchange between Kyle Mann and Ethan Nicolle on the Babylon Bee podcast during their “Weird News” segment: Mann: “Libertarian… Read more »
A follow-up to yesterday’s post…
My friend Jim shared with me this article from Baptist Press. It’s pretty interesting and is filled with promise when you think about how a large church might approach worship… Read more »
Neglect? What neglect?
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not… Read more »
To be unpopular…
I was fascinated by something Doug TenNapel (creator of Earthworm Jim if anyone knows that) said in an interview: “Culture tells us what is popular, not what is true.” This… Read more »
Solving a Puzzle
I like to do jigsaw puzzles, and I’m quite pleased to have found online sites that actually let me do them quite easily. Sure, it doesn’t match physically handling and… Read more »
Are we there yet?
It’s time to get a little more serious here. If any of you are fans of Spiderman, you may know one of the most famous lines in all of comic-book… Read more »
Once in a Lifetime
While I love to take the opportunity to introduce interesting music as a means of exploring history and culture, this post isn’t really about The Talking Heads masterpiece, “Once in… Read more »
What I’m getting at, Part II: What value? Whose value?
I’ve asked the question before. “Would my life be any different if I hadn’t heard that?” It came up more and more frequently in recent months as it seemed the… Read more »
Pink Floyd and the Need of a Critic
I’m going to tell you some of the greatest complete albums ever created by a rock group. Read carefully: Wish You Were Here Dark Side of the Moon Animals The… Read more »