Back in college one of my science classes listed The Soul of Science by Nancy Pearcey and Charles Thaxton on its book list. Was it actually used in the course? I can’t remember. Nor can I really remember the class. But I bought it and there it sat, on my shelf year after year, house… Continue reading “The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy” Review
I have long been skeptical of putting too much confidence in evidential arguments for the foundational pieces of Christianity. There are, I think, several fatal flaws to that apologetic methodology and the reading I did in such books as Evidence that Demands a Verdict and The Case for Christ always left me feeling encouraged…but unsatisfied.… Continue reading “The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus” Review
“I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.” So begins The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. I was feeling recently like I needed a break from modern sci-fi and had seen a collection of London’s work at my in-laws that sparked my interest. I’ve… Continue reading “The Sea-Wolf” Review
“I am old now and have not much to fear from the anger of gods.” So begins “Till We Have Faces” by C. S. Lewis. I grew up in Narnia and have since really enjoyed Lewis’ Space Trilogy and The Great Divorce. Somehow Till We Have Faces escaped me until it turned up as one… Continue reading “Till We Have Faces” Review
Confession: it’s not just because my kids think Netflix’s Voltron is a great show that we watch it. I think it’s a great show, too. I think I was a little young for the original Voltron back in the ’80’s, so I didn’t have any emotional attachment to the story or characters when I first… Continue reading “Voltron,” Homosexuality, and My Kids
I recently attended a conference on classical education hosted at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, KY. It was a great conference and very informative (especially since I’ll be teaching for our local Highlands Latin Cottage School this fall and at the time had very little idea what I had gotten myself into). A strange thing… Continue reading “Orthodoxy” review
