There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. - G.K. Chesterton
I don’t write very much about what I read. I made a long list of books last year that I wanted to tackle, but failed miserably making much headway through them. Most of the books I read weren’t on the list. I stumbled across them in different ways, and a few of [...]
There is enough light for those who desire only to see, and enough darkness for those of a contrary disposition.
Blaise Pascal, Pensees XI 149
Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it,it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. [...]
They have no knowledge of the thoughts in his [Moses] mind, but they are in love with their own opinions, not because they are true, but because they are their own. If this were not so, they would have equal respect for the opinions of others, provided that they were consistent with the truth, [...]
I recently overheard someone make a comment that essentially accused anyone who thinks money spent on a movie would be better saved, and who then turns around themselves and buys a book, is a hypocrite.
In order to be a hypocrite, the thing claimed (that movie money is better saved) and the action (the [...]
Recently I read C.S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy, the autobiography of his early life up until his conversion from atheism to Christianity around the age of 30. As I mentioned to several people, this book made everything in my life seem to me to be utterly trivial. Whereas my childhood was filled with [...]
As the world spends the last few hours awaiting the arrival a book (something that I wonder if I will ever seen happen on such a scale again in my lifetime), John Mark Reynolds has a few things he’s noticed that we can learn from Harry Potter.
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people- which is what I think it does mean - then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good. It isn’t wrong [...]
Teaching Social Studies in the public school system opens the doors for discussions on a wide range of topics. For example, today we covered the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then plunged headlong into the Da Vinci code. The latter wasn’t my idea, mind you, but it was bound to come up.
Several students [...]
Okay, so my wife passed this on to me and I’m just getting around to it. My second book post.
Total number of books I own:
I really have no idea since they’re all scattered about. Not nearly as many as Sarah.
Last book I bought:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Books I am reading now:
Orthodoxy [...]
I’m very glad that the people next door are sharing their bass with me. There’s nothing quite as engaging as a non-melodious, muffled thumping noise permeating through my house. From what I can tell, 90% of it is one repeated note…well, I know they’re not listening to jazz.
It was nearly 10:00 before I [...]