Inconvenient Truth
April 17, 2024
It feels impossible to find time to meet. Check your calendar for openings, notify me of availability, and see what might look good in the next few weeks...
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Spoiler Alert
March 05, 2024
Did movies get worse? Over the holiday I saw Wonka at my childhood movie theater. That cinema features one screen, no online reservations, and...
For the Win
February 06, 2024
I must’ve been the last one to try Schlotzsky's. It’s weird to look back and wonder how I missed it. I had seen it on Poplar Avenue in Memphis...
Some of You Should Become Teachers: Appreciation for Richard Oster
January 18, 2024
Recently Rick Oster announced his retirement from Harding School of Theology, ending an illustrious career that began in 1977. He was a New Testament...
Dream Again
December 28, 2023
One way that God speaks is through dreams. Jacob dreams of a ladder with angels ascending and descending (Gen. 28:10-19). His son Joseph is a dreamer...
Woke
December 18, 2023
The word woke has had a curious life. Like so much slang, it was introduced by Black people, co-opted by youngish white people, and then ruined by oldish...
The Fear of all Somes
November 29, 2023
Fear is a necessary emotion. People who backpack in isolation in the mountains should worry about running out of water. Boaters should take precautions to...
Cancel at Anytime?
November 08, 2023
In 2018 a friend recommended a book that became my favorite nonfiction book for the next few years: The Coddling of the American Mind. It identified an...
Sunday Best
October 05, 2023
Remember that expression Sunday Best? It usually referred to church clothes: a dressy wardrobe that was reserved for the first day of the week. It...
