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Living

Friends & Spouses: The Pursuit

Without too much fanfare, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics remains a classic that ought to be studied over and over, even as the literature on it …

Posted on April 2, 2024May 20, 2024
Art

Returning to a Bent World

At first, the opening of Interstellar seems to set the tone for the rest of the film, one of high-minded idealism about NASA, outer space …

Posted on February 13, 2024January 10, 2024
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Living

Confess Your Sins to Your Friends

During our walk recently across Port Meadow, Oxford, my friend expressed uncertainty about the practice of confessing one’s sins to one’s friends. That was, I … Read More ›

Posted on June 21, 2022June 20, 2022
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Religion

“God Loves You” is Not Enough

The other night, I attended a fundraiser dinner for a ministry well-respected in conservative Christian circles. Leaders in our church had recommended it to me, … Read More ›

Posted on April 24, 2016January 24, 2018
Christmas traditions family fail
Living

My Family Fails at Christmas Traditions

Every year my family struggles to keep up Christmas traditions. It’s not that we find our traditions onerous or time-consuming, so much as that we … Read More ›

Posted on December 10, 2015November 11, 2017
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Religion

God is Not Your Passive-Aggressive Girlfriend

My senior year of high school, I wrote a letter to the administrator, who was also a pastor. Our teachers tell us to ‘think, don’t … Read More ›

Posted on September 17, 2015November 11, 2017
Living

A Defense of Online Dating

Way back in February, a friend sent me this article from a Christian website, warning about the problems ‘inherent’ in online dating. As I had been encouraging … Read More ›

Posted on August 6, 2015November 11, 2017
Philosophy

Shame is Good for Us

“…Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than … Read More ›

Posted on March 23, 2015November 11, 2017
Religion

God Does Not Excuse Your Bad Romance

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee  –Proverbs 2:11 The other night, I met a family member’s fiancé, although I didn’t know it at … Read More ›

Posted on October 2, 2014November 11, 2017

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