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Misquoting the Westminster Catechism

John Piper likes to misquote the Westminster Catechism. And out of everything I have heard him say, this misquotation has shaped my thinking the most…

Remembrance

( Music )

I’ve decided to start uploading some of the music I write here. I’ll probably try to post something new each week.
Last year, I produced a poetry CD for Voices in Wartime that featured poems from the documentary film Voices in Wartime and the companion anthology. I wrote underscore music for about half the [...]

Like a Square Peg in a round hole…

( Music )

Wearing the old ruts deeper

Consistency

As I work through what I believe and why, one area I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about recently is consistency. I’ve found that far too often we don’t consider the full implications of our arguments. It is illogical to use one argument as why you support an issue, and then turn around and use its antithesis as to why you disagree with another issue.

Transubstantiation, Consubstantiation, and Oversimplification

At the risk of self-discovery…

( Literature and Music )

I recently read Anne Lamott’s novel “Crooked Little Heart”, and as I was finishing it I came to the conclusion that all of her writing could be summed up in this way: We are messed up people, living in a messed up world. We screw up all the time, but some of us are able to hide it better than others. And life is still beautiful. We are selfish, caring only about ourselves and our needs. We do whatever it takes to try and make ourselves comfortable, no matter who is hurt by it. We go to great lengths to protect our illusions of perfection. But every once in a while we help a friend, we allow ourselves to be inconvenienced, we put aside our rights. And life is beautiful.

“Rapture Ready” or “How to Misinterpret Scripture”

( News and Philosophy )

Crystal Ball

I am now a Secular Humanist

( News and Philosophy )