Predictably conventional
On consensus centrism and political commentary in Canada.
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Isaiah’s vision
Thinking with the Bible en français. The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1.
Instances of ideology
On ideology, Covid, and GraceLife Church.
What is this that you have done?
On Genesis, anthropology, and ideology.
Emperor Trump?
On Trump and historical analogies.
Has God disappeared?
On Job and historical comparisons.
Life’s narrative wholeness
On life, stories, and “The Republic of Love.”
Bear witness
On Richard Ford’s novel “Canada.”
A glaring category error
On population, the climate crisis, and structural change.
Normative requirements
On history and the study of religion.
Reclassification
On property, wealth, and class.
Diary: April, 2019
In which I watch Ellen and complain about a book about birds.
Diary: March, 2019
In which I start learning French.
Diary: February, 2019
In which I read Louis L’Amour.
Australian Diary: August, 2017
In which we eat some truffles.
Australian Diary: Holy Week, 2017
In which I reflect on the Gospel of John.
Australian Diary: June, 2017
In which we visit Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
Australian Diary: May, 2017
In which I tie J. M. Coetzee to hockey.
Australian Diary: April, 2017
In which I read some Australian novels.
Australian Diary: March, 2017
In which I dip my feet in Lake Burley Griffin.
Philip Yancey’s America
On Philip Yancey’s understanding of America in the age of Trump.
Diary: Smart Alec
A diary entry on a father’s rebuke.
Living the story of belief
On fiction and defending religion.
Gordon Wood and the writing of history
A brief reflection on the “historiographical operation.”
Religious and atheist diversity
Does diversity only count against religion, or atheism too?