It happens to all of us at some point of our lives: the moment we freeze and our tastes are — for the most part — fixed. Growing up, many of us snicker at parents and grandparents who seem to have stopped adapting to fashion and wear the same style of shirt or shoes they … More Albums A to Z: Emotionalism
Two days back from vacation and it’s been hard to get back into the blogging swing of things. So I’ll tread water a bit by passing along the tiny, surreal bit of YouTube celebrity to which my friend Sam just drew my attention. It features Matt Richards, senior pastor of Sidney Lutheran Brethren Church in … More My (Minor) YouTube Moment
It’s tricky, but here’s how to tell the difference between me and Aaron Sorkin, creator of the new HBO series The Newsroom. We both possess honors that have eluded the other: I don’t have an Emmy or an Oscar, but he doesn’t have a teaching award from Bethel University or a “Best Daddy Ever” card … More Aaron Sorkin (and I) Love the 1940s
“Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs” is too strong, but it does feel like I need a vacation. So while my wife, kids, and I spend a week visiting my parents in southwestern Virginia, I’m going to leave the laptop behind and take a break from blogging. In the meantime, if you do … More Sweet Virginia: Taking a Week Off
Year One of The Pietist Schoolman concludes today. 365 days, 420+ posts, about 33,000 views, and nearly 12,000 spam comments after that first post, I’m struck that blogging has indeed helped with the three things I hoped to accomplish: to get some feedback (though I’d love to have more comments, the cliché that “1% of … More One Year of The Pietist Schoolman
The first birthday of this blog is coming up on Wednesday, which means that I’ve spent the weekend thinking back over the past twelve months, and observing some common themes. One, starting early in the history of the blog and popping up periodically ever since, has been the challenge of defining Pietism. In our Pietist … More Tim Keller on Reformed “Pietism”
A pretty heavy blogging week here at The Pietist Schoolman, partly because it was my first real week off for the summer and partly because I know my writing output will drop next week while my family travels to Virginia for a vacation. Here • My summer reading list is heavy on World War I, … More That Was The Week That Was
There’s no good reason the following should be posted here. But what are blogs for if not to share ill-informed opinions and half-baked ideas? And education is one of the stated themes of this blog and this post is about college football, so here goes… This past Wednesday officials with college football’s Bowl Championship Series … More Fixing College Football’s Postseason
The mid-Nineties were a strange time in lots of ways, but few stranger than the rise of the musical movement known as “alt-country.” Hard as it is to believe nowadays, but as grunge began its inevitable but too-rapid descent from Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam into Candlebox and thence to a band fronted by the … More Albums A to Z: Dog Days
We’re one of those households that gets by without cable or satellite. Most of the time, that’s fine with me: Hulu, NetFlix, and digital broadcasting provide more than enough entertainment/information options. But that does mean that I’m missing out on the first of two terrific sporting events to happen in Europe this summer. The London … More The Cold War Continues… in Sports
The Pietist Schoolman 