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Developing the Life of the Mind to Shape the Culture
Read Any Great Books, Lately?
Writing should be considered the 8th wonder of the world. Think about it for a moment: When you read words, the ideas from another person’s mind are being teleported directly into your own! Two people can communicate from anywhere in the world from any point in time....
Pondering the Bible as A Way of Life, Pt. 1
In my last post, I suggested that one of the aspects of living Christianly is the need to “step into” the historical Christian tradition. In this post, I am going to attempt to show how our tradition (whichever we are a part of) impacts how we read and ponder the...
Christianity as a Way of Life Pt. 2
One of the mantras I constantly recite in the classroom is, “It’s more complicated than that.” What I mean by this is that the deep things of life, such as theology, philosophy, history, ethics, etc, are almost always more complicated than the little sound-bite...
Christianity as a Way of Life, Pt. 1
Perhaps you have heard something like, “Christianity isn’t just for Sundays; it’s for the other six days, too!” This is, of course, a well and good statement. Christianity is for all seven days of the week, after all. I think a problem that manifests itself in modern...
Are The AI Machines About To Emerge From The Dark?
In a paper awaiting peer-review (as of this publication), a research team at Amazon suggests that they have developed an AI model that is displaying “emergent” capabilities. According to the research team, the AI model was able to make leaps in language processing...
A Wednesday Reflection 04/26/23- Sanctification
April the 26th, In the Year of our Lord 2023 Almighty God, you gave your only Son to be for us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of godly living: Give us grace thankfully to receive his inestimable benefits, and daily to follow the blessed steps of his...
What Are Humans Made of?
What Are Humans Made of? The question may sound odd, but I think it’s a fun, and accurate, way to ask this question. What are humans made of? You may be tempted to immediately jump to flesh and blood. Organs, skin, hair. Physical stuff. This isn't a wrong jump,...
Summer Reading List for 2022
Summertime is here (especially here in Texas, with temperatures routinely above 100!), which means a little extra time to get reading done. I've compiled a list here of books that I intend to read over the summer to grow in my faith and my thinking. Enjoy my summer...
On Teaching Critical Thinking
Introduction In recent years (at least as long as I've been teaching), there has been a dedicated focus on teaching "critical thinking" to students. Any quick Google search will reveal a plethora of sites explaining the lack of critical thinking displayed in students....
What Are The Transcendentals?
Introduction What are the Transcendentals? If you recognize the word "transcendental" at all, you probably link it to Romantic Era authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson or Henry David Thoreau. This isn't incorrect as these authors were connected to a movement called...
“I Don’t Need Reasons, I Just Have Faith.”
(Updated 06-13-22) I Don't Need Reasons I can remember a conversation I had with an older friend. Over the course of the conversation, the question of "why do you believe in Christianity" came up. The answer given by my friend was, "I don't need reasons, I have...
Why Read the Classics
Why Read the Classics? Some wit once said, "Classics are those which everyone wants to have read but nobody wants to read." Regardless of whether or not this is true, it does beg the question, "Why are classics…well…classic?" Classics are those works of...