My Thanksgiving post, Can Atheists Really Give Thanks apparently provoked a lot of heated discussion, some of which is still going on. But maybe what’s surprised me more than the amount of discussion the topic has generated, has been the tone. The site’s moderator, Austin Cline, recently recapped our “exchange” in this way: Update: Mike [...]
According to the French, there were three sexes: men, women and clergymen. Being an ordained minister myself, and having pastored for 11 years, I agree with the gist of this statement: Pastors are a different breed. But if you’re expecting a beat-down on Christian ministers, this is not that. I respect the ministry, love pastors, [...]
I’m thrilled to finally announce that I’ll be a part of Coach’s Midnight Diner New Editorial Team. From their website: Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to some new members of the Coach’s Midnight Diner Editorial Team: Kevin Lucia – Author of “The Way Station” from the first edition of the Diner, providing [...]
Of course, readers are smarter. But more active? Yet that’s the finding of a new study. While America’s literary sloth is no secret, the latest NEA research adds an interesting twist to that painful demographic fact. To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consquence is the 99-page study released by the National [...]
Earlier this month, in her L.A. Times/Envelope piece entitled “So Bad, They’re Good,” Lisa Rosen noted the trend toward actors choosing to play bad guys: . . .a lot of good actors went bad this year. Real bad. Surly, mean, reprehensible, criminal, unforgivable and pretty much irresistible. Critics and audiences alike have been enjoying the [...]
Like I said, the new office is an ongoing project. If you want a “before and after,” you might check out my Phase One post. (Was that really three months ago?!) The closet was a big deal. Lisa suggested I turn it into a bookshelf, and the light bulb went on. (I knew I married [...]
Thanksgiving poses a problem for atheists. Why? Because while they may have people to thank for their well-being or camaraderie, they have no one to thank for their very existence. G.K. Chesterton once said: If my children wake up on Christmas morning and have someone to thank for putting candy in their stocking, have I [...]
I was initially going to title this post “Is Dean Koontz a Christian?”, but I felt that would come across as presumptive, cheeky. I mean, who am I to judge anyone’s spiritual state? Yet despite the sensitivities the question provokes — and for reasons I’ll expound upon in this post — I think it’s understandable [...]
After some delays, Issue Two of 316 A Journal of Christian Thinking, is available for pre-order. My article, Of Art and Asses, will be appearing in this issue. It’s a semi-satirical look at why artists can never measure up to their own art, and it’s also the first non-fiction piece I’ll have in hard copy, [...]
I recently became embroiled in some online discussions that plummeted, as if predestined, toward the great Calvinism / Armenian debate abyss. While I don’t consider myself a representative of either camp, I found myself re-thinking the reasons I’m not a Calvinist. Here’s some of those reasons: * * * No one human system perfectly codifies [...]
