Goodbye to My First Things’ Subscription
The envelope has been sitting on my desk for quite some time: renew your subscription to First Things’ today. I’ve been a subscriber for quite some time, since around 2001. And I’ve sit in the school’s library for hours going over old back issues. Countless mid-90s symposia provided fodder for papers and research trails galore. “While we’re at it” and “the naked public square” were necessary reads for wit and perspective. Most articles were often well-thought out and brought a thought or perspective that I would not have otherwise considered on my own. Before there were blogs, there was Neuhaus’s monthly take. But something̵

Bad theology; stupid tattoo
From Kenyon Martin’s back, courtesy of ESPN: It says, “Fear no man but God.” Does he mean to say that God is a man? Tattoos are a bad idea. Here’s my theory for why they are in cultural ascendancy: their popularity skips every two generations. Because I was born in 1960, I had the opportunity to view the tattoos of male relatives who acquired these flesh ornaments

But Will He Get The Combo?

President George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
Compare what you read in the prior post to President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in 1789: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to “recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and sign

Let’s Pat Ourselves on the Back…
…for the life of me, I can’t think of Whom I am possibly supposed to direct my thanks towards tomorrow other than to myself. This has got to be the most lame and wishy-washy presidential “thanksgiving” I’ve ever read: Friend – Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones. American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share. Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, sup