Blog Posts

  • Should You Write Your Own Wedding Vows?

    Should You Write Your Own Wedding Vows?

    First, let me congratulate you on getting married. It really is the thing that grown-ups do. To be a husband or a wife is more than being a “partner”: it’s entering into a covenant relationship whereby you submit your own personal feelings, happiness, and choices to this greater commitment that you have made. And should…

  • The Everlasting Gospel

    Communion Meditation January 2024 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his…

  • Random Thoughts about Re-imagining Rest

    What is rest? Is it boredom? Is it excused laziness? At minimum, it is a change. It is a ceasing of the work that comprises the statistical bulk of our time. Of our lives. It is more than “doing nothing”, because doing nothing so often results in the opposite of rest’s intent. The telos of…

  • In Defense of New York City and Young Adults

    This week I had the opportunity of traveling to New York City for the first time in my life on a business trip with a couple of young men who are early in their careers. Both of those descriptors have, in past conversations, elicited negative responses. “New York City…Yuck! Better you than me!” “You had…

  • Why I’m not a Libertarian (but I might vote for one)

    On the eve of the mid-term elections, I’ve been reading, studying, and thinking more about the nature of politics and mine own personal political leanings, and have come to the conclusion that I am not a libertarian, although I might vote for one. Libertarianism is represented by individuals such as Ron Paul (whom I voted…