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Sometimes It’s Good to be Superficial

There is a reading program in the public school system that I despise: Accelerated Reader. Of course, the name sounds all smart and stuff. But don’t let the name fool you. The students take a computerized test to determine their reading levels. They are then assigned a color that corresponds to their capabilities. The books […]

Out with the Old?

There’s one thing that really bothers me about the blogosphere. It is obsessed with the new. We want the latest news, the most innovative commentary, and the most recent reactions to whatever the next new controversy is. We can even get that way with reading Christian books. I love getting bright, shiny new copies hot […]

Your Real Self-Image

Be true to yourself. Follow your dreams. Search deep inside for the real you. This is confusing stuff! Sure, these sentiments sound nice, but they are so subjective that you never know when you have arrived at your actual self. We all come to terms with this question of who we are many times throughout […]

A Precious Commodity

Matt and I were recently watching an episode of the show Elementary. In it, Sherlock Holmes is struggling with some new-found feelings of personal responsibility. Sherlock is a recovering drug addict, so his sponsor noticed that he was going through some kind of an inner struggle. Sherlock opens up to his sponsor a little, and […]

An Eternal View on Sexuality

Well 2013 has been quite a year. Once again, I cringed at the media’s focus of the year’s events while hanging out with my family. My daughter wanted to see some of the concerts on Times Square, and we quickly saw that talent wasn’t the first consideration in picking out their line-up. Needless to say, […]

Totes Magotes

I’ve posted another article on Ref21 this morning. Here is the beginning. You will want to cruise over there for the surprise ending… I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that “blogs are for 40-somethings with kids.” Ouch! You can […]

Hello Ninja

Hello Ninja!, by N.D. Wilson. Illustrated by Forrest Dickison (Canonball, 2013) When I was contacted by Canon Press to see if I would review a bedtime story for toddlers, they had me at Hello Ninja. I mean, hello, this would have been the perfect bedtime book for my kids! Anyway, this book has the combination […]

When You’re Strange*

Instead of posting a list of my favorite books I read this year, I though I would share with you the ones that drew several articles out of me. These are the books that made me have the most reflections. I actually read this book at the end of 2012. It is convicting in many unsuspecting ways, […]

The Cool Table

Instead of posting a list of my favorite books I read this year, I though I would share with you the ones that drew several articles out of me. These are the books that made me have the most reflections. The first is The Ongoing Feast, by Arthur A. Just Jr. Here is a repost […]

Chain Sticks and Theological Fitness

So I got some nunchaku for my birthday last month. Although I’ve blogged about turning 36, and the strange 37, 38 seems like an uneventful age. Although, it hasn’t been an uneventful year. Since I just turned in my manuscript for my second book, Theological Fitness: Holding Fast to Our Confession of Hope, I logically […]