Well, we made it into Holy Week—the wind is tempestuous and the sky is gray so it must be Binghamton. We have done up a lighter podcast, making a little bit of fun at the idea that Buttigieg could be considered a serious Christian, as claimed by RHE and others, and indulging ourselves in a little meander down memory lane. Matt had the dubious idea that we should film ourselves, which we did. You can see us here and the... Read more
I used to watch the Kardashians, back in the bad old days when we consumed TV with commercials because the alternative was literally remembering to take those little Netflix packets and putting them in the mail box and then getting online and picking out another movie. “Oh the humanity,” I would mutter to myself as I dredged out lost disks from inside the cheerio stuffed couch. Thank heaven for Streaming. I found the Kardashians both mesmerizing and appalling, and the... Read more
Thing One Well, this is terrible. It could be days before the world gets a glimpse of the royal baby after it’s born, which will be very soon. Perversely, Harry and Meghan are keeping the details of this impending moment private. Although, there is some small hope that they will post on their joint instagram account as soon as the happy event comes to be. Most importantly for all of us, “The baby has brought them even closer together,” someone... Read more
Matt is obsessed with the Ed Young basketball sermon phenomena. He keeps sending me clips and tweets, though mercifully no whole sermon (yet). And then this morning he thought I should read this long depressing article about Ed Stetzer’s dubious relationship with Harvest Chapel. And, of course, I can’t stop looking at pastorNsneakers on instagram, as I confessed yesterday. It’s an guilty decadent juxtaposition to indulge myself in gawking at the wealth and extravagance of modern ‘Christian’ expression at the... Read more
This is very important. Sarah Jessica Parker has been seen wearing $95 sneakers. I know, I was shocked too. Personally, I feel like the rest of the outfit—the drab jeans, severe hair, and…what is that? A Plastic Bag? My goodness. That is upsetting—mitigates against any fluttery feeling I might have felt over the shoes. She’s dressed for Binghamton, that’s what she is. What is it about sneakers? Here is an excellent examination of the issue. I confess, I have been... Read more
Good Morning. It’s a warm, gray day—a brief respite from the long winter, which will be back on Wednesday. We are trying to change the rhythm of our podcasting, a surprisingly difficult thing to do it turns out. We taped this last week, and Matt had the specious idea of videoing it, which we did, in a sort of a dark corner. Don’t worry, that link is only audio, but if he has his way, eventually there will be video... Read more
I’ve been sleeping my way through I & II Samuel, and I & II Kings, wrenched into consciousness each morning by the various sickening sinful events that mark out the end of King David’s reign, the heaped up idolatry of his son Solomon, and the spiritual devolution and ungodly ugliness of all the kings of Israel and Judah. On Friday I woke up, unhappily, just in time to hear Ahab being rebuked by some unnamed prophet for letting Ben Hadad... Read more
It’s another gray Friday in Binghamton. The only antidote must be some takes about a sermon I listened to this week. And don’t worry, today I’ll change my privacy settings so that you can actually see my blog on facebook. And if you want something cheerier than what’s about to happen, here I am on the Persuasion Podcast lyricizing Holy Week. Hannah and Erin are so cool and also patient, letting me go on and on about my favorite week... Read more
This is a curious thought—the UN has taken it upon itself to design a sort of floating city, what the designer refers to as “‘utopian pragmatism’ — the idea that we can accomplish grand design feats in concrete, practical ways.” With accommodations for about ten thousand people, and all the self-sustaining amenities, it would be tethered to the bottom of the ocean but could be untethered if you wanted to move it somewhere to escape from a hurricane. Other features... Read more
Here’s a level of fashionable body positivity I can get get on board with. I don’t know what this means though, “Some of these posts promote professional or political causes. Witherspoon, for instance, runs a production company and sometimes options books for vehicles she might star in.” I mean, I understand all the words individually, but joined together I am at sea. This is more my speed, “Some bibliophiles take their ink-on-paper fetish a little too far online. ‘Ladies are... Read more
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