Judge William's Uncomfortable Truth (or, How to Read Kierkegaard)

Wrestling with the Great Dane.

Ellul on the Suicide of the Mind

Intellectuals either accept the prevailing myths (which they know are false) for the sake of their careers, or else decide: "LOL nothing matters." It's the same thing.

Enchantment As a Framework for Culture War

Re-enchanting the world so they can rule it.

Ellul on the Renewed Mind and the Fog of Facts

After another long break, back to Ellul's Presence: What is a Christian intellectual, and what is his or her function in a world hidden in a fog of unreality?

Frank O'Hara, "Nocturne"

One last poem for poetry month. It's the architect's fault.

R. S. Thomas, "The Absence"

We seek solace, we get silence.

William Stafford, "Bess"

I don't remember dog-earing this poem or which emotional reaction caused me to do so.

Jorge Luis Borges, "Everness"

One thing does not exist: Oblivion.

Donald Justice, "On the Night of the Departure by Bus"

It's Poetry Month, according to somebody, somewhere.

Ellul on the Unreal Life

Our actual experiences are boring. So we fixate on the thousands of sensational images and interesting "facts" that bombard us each day. Then we create an explanatory myth and live inside a permanent, realistic (but completely unreal) dream. Welcome to Chapter 4, "Communications."

What We Encounter When We Encounter the Bible

Jessica Martin compares reading the Bible to a relationship with a spouse. What if it's even more intimate than that?

Ellul on Being Alive

True action is a matter of living, not of doing, and that is the revolutionary attitude Christians should take in the world.