Month: September 2019

  • Renaissance Christians

    A recent message from a former student:  “Hi Dr. B!!!  Hope you are well!  Mike and I have been thinking about the concept of ‘renaissance Christian’ that I learned in […]

  • Not Grown Up and Still Alive

    On Monday, five-year-old Shayna’s eyes stretched into saucers as she spied me splitting sixteen-inch logs with one whack. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” she asked. […]

  • Analysis and Synthesis

    It is dangerous to give your pastor a kayak. Mon­day’s sea breeze encouraged me to paddle due east, prow pointed toward Peniche, Portugal. A couple hundred yards of seaward sailing […]

  • Try It

    Neither brother wanted to try Life cereal, so they shoved it in front of four-year-old Mikey. He liked it! 5:30 Tuesday morning. Roads and beaches are suddenly less crowded. Orion […]

  • The Folly of These Days

    The elves of Lothlórien distrusted Gimli the dwarf: they insisted that he be blindfolded before entering their fair land. In order that he not be singled out, the rest of […]