Postcards from Palookaville

Having just agreed to write a short introductory text on the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas for a Protestant audience, I have spent the last few days pulling various primary and secondary texts off my shelves to refresh my memory of the great man. I used to teach an Honours course on his life...

So Anne Rice has quit Christianity, or Roman Catholicism, or whatever . She did it via a Facebook posting, apparently, rather than a book, but it still surely merits the response Edward Said gave to The God That Failed -- no, not the Metallica song (if Said had an opinion on that, I am unaware of...

So Anne Rice has quit Christianity, or Roman Catholicism, or whatever . She did it via a Facebook posting, apparently, rather than a book, but it still surely merits the response Edward Said gave to The God That Failed -- no, not the Metallica song (if Said had an opinion on that, I am unaware of...

Seeing Derek's reference to Ned and Steve's new book, I was reminded of Ned's late father-in-law, Dick Symons, a truly charming and kind Christian man, a member of Emmanuel OPC in Wilmington, and one who went out of his way to offer words of encouragement to me and, I am sure, many others.. Then,...

Seeing Derek's reference to Ned and Steve's new book, I was reminded of Ned's late father-in-law, Dick Symons, a truly charming and kind Christian man, a member of Emmanuel OPC in Wilmington, and one who went out of his way to offer words of encouragement to me and, I am sure, many others.. Then,...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Ted Haggard is back. As Tiger Woods needs to golf and Michael Vick needs to play football (or, from a British perspective `stand around posing in spandex tights, giving high fives and doing little else for three hours a week') so Ted Haggard needs to be leading...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Ted Haggard is back. As Tiger Woods needs to golf and Michael Vick needs to play football (or, from a British perspective `stand around posing in spandex tights, giving high fives and doing little else for three hours a week') so Ted Haggard needs to be leading...

On Saturday I happened to be in Pittsburgh, watching the TV in my hotel room. The newscast announced that the annual Furry Convention was taking place in town. For those who don't know what a `furry' is (and that was me until just over 48 hours ago), a furry is someone who likes to dress up as an...

On Saturday I happened to be in Pittsburgh, watching the TV in my hotel room. The newscast announced that the annual Furry Convention was taking place in town. For those who don't know what a `furry' is (and that was me until just over 48 hours ago), a furry is someone who likes to dress up as an...

....when politicians are behaving with the same honour and integrity as we have come to expect from certain church leaders. Not using `theological leverage' or being `relationally mobile' with their best friend's wife; merely `misspeaking' apparently. See here .