Zen Calvinism
Returning home late one night in the early summer, I found that my van’s transmission had died. Fortunately, it happened on my driveway; unfortunately I needed to be at the airport at 6am the following morning, which meant that I…
Tag Christianity and Culture
Aesthetics, Alcatraz and Jerry Lee Lewis
Recently, I had occasion to fly to Korea via San Francisco. Flying across the US on a clear day is one of those rare pleasures which really allows you to get the geographical measure of the place: how flat much…
Baseball Blues and Recreation
The Braves are playing poorly. Not that I’d notice too much. You see, it’s my wife’s love–baseball that is, not mine. And she has lost something of her joie de vivre. I try to console, but when those guys swing…
Art For God’s Sake
I have quite a collection of books on the arts from a Christian perspective, but I was so eager for Dr. Ryken’s new book, that I have had it on backorder since last December. The subtitle of the book is…
Broken Fences: in the Valley of Brokeback Mountain
Is it possible for men to hug other men, or young boys without the suspicion of being gay? It is a serious, if offensive question, raised by the “pansexualist” agenda foisted upon the culture by Hollywood. We are reaching a…
Freedom and Protest
The last few weeks of international news have carried multiple reports of the rioting that has broken out across great swathes of the world as a response to the publication of apparently offensive cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. I say…