Category: Civility

  • Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger

    We have it on good authority that Socrates believed that the unexamined life was not worth living.  I’m not sure he was right or wrong, but I am sure that our unexamined conversations can be very dangerous. I’m honestly not sure, when I think about it, that our conversations are usually menat to communicate anything…

  • Some things I have been reading in the midst of this busy week.  On Ukraine from the ERLC: “Thus far, the leader of Ukraine has shown the world that, contrary to what we’ve seen among many global leaders recently, virtue is not dead” On “purity culture” from desiringGod: “They may not have dated young or…

  • In the interest of tracking the news stories I’m thinking about, here are some stories for today: Ukraine: Things keep getting dicey around Russia/Ukraine tensions, and we in the west need to be praying for our Christian family there. Rule of Law: The Emergencies Act in Canada is ratified by the Commons. While I’m no…

  • Bit of a monster post today. There are lots of interesting things going on: Brexit: Today the European Union loses one state as the UK leaves. Psychology:  professor claims humans hardwired to dismiss facts inconvenient to their worldview. Writing: Why is so much Christian writing, er, um, bland? Free Speech: John Stackhouse criticizes UK cities…

  • Sunday Worship: An interesting quote from D.A. Carson Family Conflict: Joe Carter gives some thoughts on how to deal with family conflict during the holiday season. Thanksgiving: Jon Bloom examines the Christian value in giving thanks. World Leaders: the CBC does an in-depth report on Chinese president Xi Jinping Repression: In the meantime, the AP…