Postcards from Palookaville

'Your wife is never more beautiful than on your wedding day. It's all downhill from then on.' I can honestly say I have not received such animated and engaged feedback from The Sisterhood since the time I referred to Downton Abbey as a soap opera. And this time I had even more 'death stares.'

'Your wife is never more beautiful than on your wedding day. It's all downhill from then on.' I can honestly say I have not received such animated and engaged feedback from The Sisterhood since the time I referred to Downton Abbey as a soap opera. And this time I had even more 'death stares.'

'Your wife is never more beautiful than on your wedding day. It's all downhill from then on.' I can honestly say I have not received such animated and engaged feedback from The Sisterhood since the time I referred to Downton Abbey as a soap opera. And this time I had even more 'death stares.'

'Your wife is never more beautiful than on your wedding day. It's all downhill from then on.' I can honestly say I have not received such animated and engaged feedback from The Sisterhood since the time I referred to Downton Abbey as a soap opera. And this time I had even more 'death stares.'

Francis Beckwith has written an entertaining essay on Richard Dawkins' response to the Pope's resignation. WARNING: contains Roman Catholicism which some of our readers may find offensive. But, frankly, the last line all by itself makes the essay worth the read. A salutary lesson to Britain's...

Francis Beckwith has written an entertaining essay on Richard Dawkins' response to the Pope's resignation. WARNING: contains Roman Catholicism which some of our readers may find offensive. But, frankly, the last line all by itself makes the essay worth the read. A salutary lesson to Britain's...

Years ago, while teaching at a British university, I recall a colleague complaining one day about a review of one of his books which said that it should be read by all pastors. He was a bit upset by this, apparently on the grounds that the reviewer was implying that he had not been sufficiently...

Years ago, while teaching at a British university, I recall a colleague complaining one day about a review of one of his books which said that it should be read by all pastors. He was a bit upset by this, apparently on the grounds that the reviewer was implying that he had not been sufficiently...

Discussion of recent advocacy of the observation of Lent by some evangelicals continues. I am not a big liturgical calendar person myself, though I think it prudent and even appropriate to preach on the Incarnation on the Sundays around Christmas and the resurrection on the same around Easter. I am...

Discussion of recent advocacy of the observation of Lent by some evangelicals continues. I am not a big liturgical calendar person myself, though I think it prudent and even appropriate to preach on the Incarnation on the Sundays around Christmas and the resurrection on the same around Easter. I am...