Ten Thousand Hours with You
I recently discovered a delightful poem by David Kirby in Five Points, and thought I’d share a snippet of it with all of you: …
On Conservatives as Rapists
It used to be required, of an intellectual seeking to hold forth on an idea, that he define his terms. Words are slippery things, after
Expert Offense
Some of you may like my latest Image post, even though (or maybe because) it ranges from E.O. Wilson to homosexuality to Michael Polanyi to
About what comes next
Sometimes I care about a political battle or news event or Item of Great National Debate enough to write about it, but then I stop,
Lessons
“Dad,” asks Isaac, “do you think it was disrespectful of you to leave the music playing while we prayed?” “I guess so. I’m sorry. God
The New Boy Scout
The thing with my 11 year-old Caleb joining Boy Scouts is that finally I can learn how to tie a sheepshank knot, and start a
Death-defying
Some of you may enjoy my latest post at Image. Here’s an excerpt: “I told Caleb about the time when he was two, and he
Valley’s Light
This morning I drove past the house where she died. The light today is the way it was then, a light that doesn’t warn you
On sugarcoating
I realized this morning that part of the reason I haven’t written here in so long, the reason I balk at the thought of it,
Truth through lies
Some of you may like my latest Image essay, which is about writing truth through fiction. Here’s an excerpt: “Maybe we have to come at
Dreaming God
Some of you might like my most recent essay at the Image Good Letters blog, “Dreaming God.” Here’s an excerpt: “. . . my experience is
On plans set aside
It’s been so long since I’ve been here that I almost forgot the uber-complicated password I constructed to keep Chinese secret agents from hacking in
