What I think. What I know. What I think I know.
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more bloopers
Yesterday a friend noted that I often talk about the miserable futility of Cleveland sports on this blog. After a half century of continuous losing in three sports—a draught only broken last year when a girl from Cleveland won the National Spelling Bee—the worst is still to come. Cleveland sports fans will finally hit bottom…
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student bloopers
I spent all of yesterday deciphering the hand writing on my students’ exams. It was worth it, for I happened upon this gem: “God allows evil to exist although He can easily defeat goodness.” Well sure, but why would he want to? On the other hand, this does explain the success rate of Cleveland sports.…
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the excluded male
Yesterday my wife was leafing through the J.C. Penney flier that came in the Sunday paper, and she noticed something interesting. The flier featured four full page spreads of real women from diverse backgrounds: an Indian mother and her daughters; a special needs girl with her mom, aunts, and grandmother; a single mom and her…
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education is next
David Brooks has a very interesting essay in today’s N.Y. Times. He asserts that the Internet will dramatically reshape education in the next few years, just as it is already doing with newspapers, magazines, and publishing. His position is balanced, explaining both the benefits and drawbacks to online education. One thing he didn’t mention was what…
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rebuke thy brother, in 140 characters or less
Right now I’m surfing the Internet while my students are taking their exam, because turnabout is fair play. I see that Christianity Today has a story about Andy Stanley’s disturbingly ambiguous sermon illustration on homosexuality, which ends with a link to Rick Warren tweeting at Al Mohler to apologize for the over-generalizing title of his…
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dangerous concessions
I read this story in Todd Billings’ award winning book, Union with Christ, and thought there might be a devotional in it. I know I should post more than my latest drafts for Our Daily Journey, but it’s either this or give all my students incompletes for the semester. In 1857 a few white members of…
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the gospel according to Disney
Reading Hauerwas inspired me to tackle an American idol. If you have any suggestions for improvement, I have time to make them before submitting to Our Daily Journey. read > Philippians 3:1-11 We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, though I could have confidence in my…
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stanley hauerwas
This morning I made the mistake of opening Hannah’s Child, the memoir of theologian Stanley Hauerwas, and I lost much of my day reading it. Hauerwas engagingly writes about studying at Yale Divinity School in its heyday (he arrived one year after H. Richard Niebuhr died) and teaching in the theology department at Notre Dame…
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no app for that
I’m aware that I risk sounding like a ranting curmudgeon, but I think this entry for Our Daily Journey says something that I need to hear. I’d be interested if anyone thinks it’s too harsh. The target audience for ODJ is a 30 year old who might live anywhere in the world. When I was a…
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the death of Charles Colson
I wanted to write something about the life of Chuck Colson, but since those who knew him already have that covered, I thought I might say something about his death. Many will say that Colson’s death is his final victory, his graduation into glory, the highest achievement of his earthly life. Colson was a leading…
Mike Wittmer 