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Do It with Diligence

The other day, while reading Culture Making for one of my classes, I came across a quote that I can’t quite get out of my head: “The world needs less philosophers and more plumbers!” I guess to help you make sense of the quote, I should give some backg …

Choosing Singleness

In her article “Pursuing Singleness” Stacey Margarita Johnson talks about why she has chosen celibate singleness for the past six years. As part of her argument for her unorthodox lifestyle choice, she brings up some classic singleness passages: While …

What I Saw at the Show

Not too long ago I took my son, Joshua, Grand Maven of All Things Star Wars, to the Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando. As you probably know, many an artifact of popular culture has an enthusiastic following that sometimes comes together at huge conven …

Engagement Stories: Vanessa & James

James and I had already walked down the aisle together 23 years ago. Last October, we did it again. Let me explain. For two people only in their mid- and late twenties, James and I have a long history together, one that journeys through — and even pre …

There Goes My Hero

In the mornings, I often have my radio tuned to a local Christian radio station. One of the downsides of this particular station is that they overplay their music. As a result, I have become familiar with a song by the new group Abandon called “Hero.” …

Death by Denial … in More Ways than One

Chelsey bravely opened a real can of worms with her post about health care. I had prepared a long response for the comments section, but I figured it would be easier to put it all here in a blog post. Here’s the basic scoop: Anything from Michael Moore …

Death by Denial

Since my previous article opened a political can of worms…why not continue? I see on my last post someone referenced the movie Sicko by Michael Moore. Recently I was required to watch this for one of my classes. It left me speechless (figuratively of c …

Masculinity Rising?

The blogosphere is abuzz with the apparent upsurge in the popularity of masculinity. (It seems that when the New York Times Sunday Styles section, which all the blogs are citing, declares something to be so — in this case, that old-school masculine is …

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