Porn. In American culture, this four letter word elicits wildly diverse reactions – from sheepish looks and smirks and comments like “it’s a victimless crime,” to ideological arguments that pornography is actually…
Category: Culture
Exiled for good
August 8, 2019
What does it mean to be an exile? The concept isn’t really around anymore (at least not in modern day Western society), but it was used routinely in ancient times as a…
You are not enough, and that’s a good thing
August 1, 2019
Everywhere I look it seems the message that is being shoved in our face is that we are strong, we are awesome, and we are enough. Somewhere in our broken humanness, we…
God’s Work Among Short Creatures
March 14, 2019
I recently finished re-reading my favorite book apart from the Good Book – The Lord of the Rings. I am an incurable nerd when it comes to this classic by J.R.R. Tolkein.…
Puritanical Parties
February 21, 2019
Last week Lia and I hit a milestone – we went to the last school party we will ever attend for our children. Annie’s Valentine’s Day party was the end of the…
Starting on Groundhog Day …
February 21, 2019
Saturday, February 2, 2019 was the most recent Groundhog Day, a day when we look to the seasonal predictive abilities of a rodent (which is weird, by the way). It is also…