A Fear of Whales

I want to talk for a little bit about the dumbest part of the conversation around Faith and Reason. The “Burden of Proof”. That’s the question, of who it is, in a given debate or conversation, that is required to support their ideas with evidence, and who holds the “default” position. It comes up in…

Let’s do another one to break up my shameless self promotion. Actual content that isn;t meta Whohoo. Judges. Less Whohoo. Who likes the book of Judges Nobody likes the book of Judges I LOVE the book of Judges It is so much fun, it is so interesting, it is so irreverently insightful, and absolutely never…

One thing I am really hoping and praying for in the midst of this pandemic is for more Christian content creators to collaborate and intermingle so that their audiences intersect and engage with one another. That is such a beautiful thing the internet does and it would be a shame if we as Christians were…

One of the last articles I wrote before putting the last blog to bed was about broccoli. Specifically, it was about how I had learned to roast broccoli in order to bring out it’s flavor and make it enjoyable to eat without covering up it’s broccoliness. And that I thought it would be a worthwhile…

And of course when one thinks of revival of a project, it also bears mentioning some things that have changed since “Fear of Whales” about my call to ministry. I’m not only an ordained and established minister, I’m also a father. We welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world on Juneteenth, and I got…

I am trying to work on taxes today and it is really really hard. I am not sure why it is, but the US Federal government and I have never been able to see eye to eye with regard to my finances. No, it’s not the usual complaints about what percent I am taxed and…

The previous Post’s Hamilton video was a good example of MOVIEPASStor, one of my channels. Here is the latest example of my other channel.

So what Kind of “Content” have I been working on lately while I have been gone? Well Just stuff like this

As I look back on the hundreds of quick articles I have written. I think about their value. And there is some. Some substantial value even. It’s just going to take a great deal of work to uncover and transform that value. The same is true for my body of sermons, or even the other…

I try to read a lot of books. I don’t always succeed. The War of Art is one I made it through, it was nice and short (although longer than i needed it to be, and dealt chiefly with the problem of resistance and how to overcome it. But there is one other very important…

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