Month: January 2019
Preoccupied With Small Things
Some uncomfortable truth from Jared C. Wilson: Truly, I think one reason we aren’t captivated by Christ’s glory is because we have a diminished capacity to be captivated by anything big. We are preoccupied with small things. And, in fact, we somehow have an inverted sense of measurement in that big things seem to us […]
The Continued Success of Awful UX
Back in 2014 or so, I jumped on a killer deal at newegg.com for a 17″ HP laptop. If I remember correctly, they were unloading some machines that were essentially unused – returned due to buyer’s remorse or something similar – but that had to be labeled “Refurbished” because they weren’t technically new. Mine came […]
Sober Commentary In An Age of Hysteria
The world, and especially America, is now in a post-Enlightenment period, where rationality and reason have been exchanged for mindless, tribal screaming. I don’t see any hope of that changing until years – perhaps decades – after the people intent on burning it all down have had their way. It’s all so profoundly sad and […]
A Judgment For the Church
There’s a thought that’s been in the back of my mind for a while now. It’s been prompted by what I’ve been seeing culturally over the past several years, but has especially ramped up in the past 2-3 years… Something tells me there’s a judgment coming for the church. And by the church, I mean […]
The Long Slog
In my neck of the woods we got 11.5 inches of snow last weekend. We haven’t seen the sun in over a week, so there hasn’t been much melting. It’s been cold and grey. This is always the time of year that’s my least favorite. The holidays have passed. There are still not many daylight […]
Water Into Wine
I’m not sure what made me think of this song, but here’s a 45-year-old cut from Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn (pronounced “Coe-burn”) – an acoustic guitar instrumental (‘Water Into Wine’) proving that sometimes, good music doesn’t require words.
Toy Camera Tuesday
The Gems on the Edges
I almost never listen to the radio. At home I don’t have a good enough antenna on the stereo to bring in much, and in the car I almost always have the iPod Classic, or an audio book, or a podcast playing. So I don’t even know what the current FM stations are, or where […]
“Remember the Signs”
I suspect it’s true for most people that when it comes to the arts (music, books, etc.), if we’ve met an artist, author, etc., we tend to be much more interested in, vested in, and appreciative of that person and their gifts/words. Likewise, the more closely we follow that artist/author, the more we tend to […]