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Whips and Systems or, The Better Question May Be, “Why Them?”

If you have read here for very long you likely know I am a fan of Inigo Montoya. The daft…

Performing Contradictions

Rarely a day goes by where a post on social media characterizes the only available actions to thwart ISIS is…

Christian from the Margins

Everybody wants to be at the center. Except for a few. (more…)

Doing Without In A Culture of More or, A Mashup of Sacks, Micheli, Kriz, and Rohr

We train our children early how to expect more. Later we prod them to temper their appetites and do with…

Cancer and Tamed Cynic or, Jason Goes On the Offensive

I don't know if he has a face for radio, but he has a voice for preaching. It was the…

What Is In Your Brown Package or, Tuttle’s Gee Spot

Gee as in “Gee Whiz.” Or, “Gee I never knew.” Maybe, “Gee Willikers, Look what came in the mail!” (more…)

Salt In the Wound or, Evidence That Reading Is a Lost Art

If reading is fundamental, interpretation is impossible without it. When an interpretation is offered apart from reading a text the…

The Secret Is Out (About Us)

Often we discover more about ourselves in the wake of an event than what we think we learn about another…

Heard at the Urinal Or, Cursed by the Double Bind

Of all the things I have been told about aging, one thing is true. Never pass up a chance to…

Do You Believe In Magic? Or, More Sign Than Miracle

What would a mashup of The Lovin' Spoonful's Do You Believe In Magic and the Gospel of Mark proceed? Find…