Category: Culture

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Condolences: Pray for Tim Challies (popular blogger at challies.com) as he deals with the sudden death of his father. Morality: Kirk Durston writes unpopular ideas on the societal value of Sexual Morality.  Belief: Does the fall of traditional religion mean an increase in superstition?  Theology: Credo this month is all about universalism. This is a…