Month: February 2022

  • I think it’s flakey to have a trip or time off to “find yourself”. It always seems a pretty vapid and narcissistic hippiesque thing to talk about, as if you yourself are a grand mystery that you need some kind of huge adventure to understand. Of course, I’m going to have to admit now that…

  • I didn’t do my little list of things to read on the internet today, mostly because something else is taking up a lot of the news. There’s nothing like the invasion of a formerly fairly stable country (though admittedly one with lots of problems itself for people who were watching) to suck the air out…

  • One of the many things that have made up the experiences of my life is the 7 years as an adult that I spent living in South Korea. When I talk about it with people, those who haven’t lived an appreciable time in a foreign culture think it sounds cool and a little scary. Often…

  • Some more links for your reading (or given our culture, skimming) pleasure: Plural Leadership: DG has an article on the way that Calvin led in Geneva, and how that required a team of people.  Cultural Christianity: An oldie from Brett McCracken on how your Christian faith should inform (and have stress with) the culture you…

  • One of my criticisms of the recent use by our federal government of the Emergencies act to deal with a large illegal and likely aggravating protest in the nation’s capital has been that it makes similar actions in the future easier. This isn’t a minor consideration, as there is likely a reason that this legislation…