Month: March 2019
2019 Early Spring Transplant
While still unsure of what the future holds for me, I took a leap of faith and planted the early spring vegetables that were started from seed in January. Although it’s 2-3 weeks later than normal, they’ve held up pretty well under the grow lights. But with clouds and rain expected for the next day […]
The Unrelenting Impulse of ‘Me’
I can be a pretty effective convincer of myself. As I’ve gotten older, and especially as I’ve been trying to make a more conscious effort to recognize, and submit to, the will of God, I’ve discovered that I’m really good at rationalizing my own thoughts and desires. Without much effort, I can come up with […]
Toy Camera Tuesday
Lewis on Theology & Science
You remember the old puzzle as to whether the owl came from the egg or the egg from the owl. The modern acquiescence in universal evolutionism is a kind of optical illusion, produced by attending exclusively to the owl’s emergence from the egg. We are taught from childhood to notice how the perfect oak grows […]
When Pretenses of Impartiality Are Flagrantly Abandoned
As a rule, I try to avoid politics as a direct subject in my posts. I’ve made it pretty clear that I can’t abide either political party. But holy cow, with fawning profile after fawning profile of Beto O’Rourke over the past few months, the majority of the media is clearly, and intentionally, attempting […]
Toy Camera Tuesday
Breathe Deep
As an antidote to our increasingly tribal culture, here’s an anti-tribal classic from The Lost Dogs to kick off the weekend…
Photo Friday
Ash Wednesday 2019
An excerpt from C. S. Lewis to begin the Lenten season… Every Christian would agree that a man’s spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God. But man’s love for God, from the very nature of the case, must always be very largely, and must often be entirely, a Need-love. This is obvious […]