So many terrible things happen every day that we start wondering whether the few things we do ourselves make any sense. When people are starving only a few thousand miles away, when wars are raging close to our borders, when countless people in our own cities have no homes to live in, our own activities […]
Category Archives: Migrated
The NHL truly is the best pro sports league. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
John Piper, tornadoes, and the effects of the Fall
John Piper’s blogging about tornadoes again. It’s not the first time he decided to venture into this territory. As a Calvinist, I understand the desire to cling to the belief in the sovereignty of God when disasters happen, but it feels to me like Piper has crossed a line into attributing motive to the almighty […]
On the right side of history and historical blind spots
I think that most of us like to imagine that when we’re faced with the choice of doing what is right, taking a stand on the important issue of our time even when no one around us is standing, that we’ll be on the right side of history. But the reality is that throughout history, […]
Hello World
And what a wonderful world it is. In case you don’t know, the title is a reference to one of my favorite books, Tristam Shandy. I figured since tumblr is the hipster blogging platform, I’d go with a marginally obscure literary reference.