Postcards from Palookaville

Some time ago, I wrote a short article entitled 'What Can Miserable Christians Sing?' Over subsequent years, I have had a lot of friendly correspondence as a result of that piece and it has been reprinted in numerous church newsletters and posted on various websites. Then, earlier this year...

Some time ago, I wrote a short article entitled 'What Can Miserable Christians Sing?' Over subsequent years, I have had a lot of friendly correspondence as a result of that piece and it has been reprinted in numerous church newsletters and posted on various websites. Then, earlier this year...

I offer some personal reflections, or rather, some pointed questions, about the future of Protestantism over at my other internet haunt, First Thoughts , the blog of the Institute on Religion and Public Life . For any who have never read it, the Institute's flagship magazine, First Things , has to...

I offer some personal reflections, or rather, some pointed questions, about the future of Protestantism over at my other internet haunt, First Thoughts , the blog of the Institute on Religion and Public Life . For any who have never read it, the Institute's flagship magazine, First Things , has to...

While I was away attempting to kick-start a solo career last week and, as you can see, enjoying the accolades of huge and unprecedented personal popularity, Nunchucks and the Scarecrow recorded a Bully Pulpit by themselves. In it, they address the matter of Fight Church , an interestingly mindless...

While I was away attempting to kick-start a solo career last week and, as you can see, enjoying the accolades of huge and unprecedented personal popularity, Nunchucks and the Scarecrow recorded a Bully Pulpit by themselves. In it, they address the matter of Fight Church , an interestingly mindless...

Last week's discussion at Biola with Peter Leithart and Fred Sanders left me with much to reflect upon, not least the cognitive dissonance between Peter Escalante's now legendary mustache (which appeared at first glance to indicate sympathies with the Bonzo Dog Band) and his (indeed our shared)...

Last week's discussion at Biola with Peter Leithart and Fred Sanders left me with much to reflect upon, not least the cognitive dissonance between Peter Escalante's now legendary mustache (which appeared at first glance to indicate sympathies with the Bonzo Dog Band) and his (indeed our shared)...

Pressure of time means that I will not be able to respond to Peter Leithart's and Fred Sanders' reflections until next week, when I will offer some general thoughts here and more specific comments on Peter over at First Things . Here I offer just two reflections from an outsider to Protestantism...

Pressure of time means that I will not be able to respond to Peter Leithart's and Fred Sanders' reflections until next week, when I will offer some general thoughts here and more specific comments on Peter over at First Things . Here I offer just two reflections from an outsider to Protestantism...