Last year we didn’t get snow until after Christmas. This year: on Thanksgiving weekend. I’m guessing about 10 inches. Cleared 6 driveways and sidewalks this morning! #Iowa #winter #snow #iawx


Hi, I'm Chris.
My most recent social media post is up top; you can find it and many others by following me on Bluesky or Mastodon. I've blogged here on topics that interest me for more than 20 years. Scroll down to see recent posts or visit the archive for a full list.
Had Jesus Never Lived…
“Truth is, had Jesus never lived, we could not have invented him.”
A remarkably persuasive thought from Walter Wink in The Human Being.
More recent longform writing...
- Jersak: the immutability and impassability of God's love
- Zahnd: Believing in an interventionist God
- Familiar hymns, alternate tunes
- Against the Machine: Paul Kingsnorth’s dangerous, unjustified dream
- Theology from love or terror?
- Richard Beck on loving Christianity (and really, loving certainty) more than loving Christ
- The effect of high-control environments on a child’s personal development
- Characteristics of Spiritual Control
- The scam of “Biblical Counseling”
- The best tech decision I've made in quite a while