: Tidbits on the theological interpretation of Scripture Clearing a lot of junk off my computer desktop to start the new academic year. The theme of …
: Here is a sermon I preached in Eastertide on the “spiritual sense of smell.” Part of a fabulous …
: Eyes Our ancestors huddled around the campfire, and as they peered into the darkness they could see the …
: I was in my local coffee shop this morning, and the man I think of as The Novel Reader was sitting …
: Just watched: The Black Cat, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, and starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. …
: Bonhoeffer and Niebuhr Just read this thoughtful piece in The Plough on Bonhoeffer’s famous essay “Protestantism without …
: The Apartment Just watched: The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Shirley Maclaine, Jack Lemmon, and …
: Of Time and The Bear When watching the The Bear, we always know what time it is. Images of clocks and timers are …
: And I—ever slow on the uptake—just realized that “forks” probably refers to metaphorical forks in …
: My wife and I just finished watching season 5 of The Bear. And then, just for fun, went back and …
: This is by way of announcing the upcoming conference Evangelical, Catholic, and Reformed, honoring …
: My almost namesake restaurant, on 57th Street in Manhattan. For the record, “Mangina” really is …
: “People are religious to the extent that they believe themselves to be not so much imperfect, as …
: Postscript on Jenson Two follow-ups to my post on Robert Jenson. First, and precisely in relation to Glenn Gould, I …
: You Can't Unhear Robert Jenson Alan begins his recent Hedgehog Review essay on Glenn Gould like this: “My friend Elizabeth Corey, a …
: I say “German” here, because most of the time what strikes me is the recycling of tropes from 19th …
: Note to my students: A lot of what one hears from the mainline pulpit nowadays consists of the …
: Disclosure Day My son and I went to see Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day last weekend. It was great fun. As many …
: This hidden gem has to be the best café patio in Toronto. I love to sit here of a morning with …
: David Cayley, 1946-2026 Happy Canada Day. It seems a good day to pay tribute to David Cayley, who died on June 10 here in …