My dad isn't much of a fisherman, but he has his one fishing joke that I've heard him say more than once or twice: There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore looking like an idiot . Today I'm thinking of this same principle as it applies to sitting under the preached Word...

My dad isn't much of a fisherman, but he has his one fishing joke that I've heard him say more than once or twice: There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore looking like an idiot . Today I'm thinking of this same principle as it applies to sitting under the preached Word...

Well I'm not sure why. With all the creepy spiders that crawl on my Facebook page, why did the Internet powers that be decide to give me this particular advertisement in my newsfeed? But there it was: Facetune . This is an app that you can buy and download on your phone or iPad to doctor all your...

Now here is a British word that my Mortification of Spin cohost may need to put into practice. Because clearly, Carl's method of sitting around on the beach got him into some trouble. Of course, Carl did pick up his habit from Todd, and Todd isn't a big fan of walking. Of what am I referring? On...

Today on MoS , we discuss suffering and weakness. To give me a taste of affliction, my cohosts downgrade me from my previous title, “The Pat Benatar of Reformed Theology,” to "Cruella de Vil." Hurtful. But the good news is this means they must be afraid of me. There are a few other small matters to...

I read an article the other day that is still bothering me. I think that it captures a lie that many men and women believe about beauty and love. A 59-year-old wrote it, but this is the same problem I see in 18-year-olds. The article starts out with a brave, naked, woman really looking at herself...

I read an article the other day that is still bothering me. I think that it captures a lie that many men and women believe about beauty and love. A 59-year-old wrote it, but this is the same problem I see in 18-year-olds. The article starts out with a brave, naked, woman really looking at herself...

Being an honorary guy has its perks. I was able to be smuggled into a frat house with Carl and Todd to discuss a development and trend in college campus ministries. For this week's Bully Pulpit we react to a First Things article written by Robert Gregory, Bowdoin Told Us To Go , where he explains...

So I was sitting on my back porch, all ready to answer my own journaling questions for Housewife Theologian, Chapter 10. As it turns out, making the questions is a lot easier than answering them. I was preparing to lead a small group, and thought I would breeze through number one pretty quickly. It...

So I was sitting on my back porch, all ready to answer my own journaling questions for Housewife Theologian, Chapter 10. As it turns out, making the questions is a lot easier than answering them. I was preparing to lead a small group, and thought I would breeze through number one pretty quickly. It...

Trillia Newbell is one spunky woman. And she is driven by a passionate, biblical goal. As a matter of fact, Trillia has written a book about it: United, Captured by God’s Vision of Diversity . She takes John’s vision recorded in Revelation seriously and is working to encourage Reformed churches to...

So I wrote this little ditty three years ago after experiencing my first 4th of July in West Virginia. The only thing that has changed is the fireworks have gotten more fierce and we now try to manage two "picnics": Last night our family celebrated the Fourth West Virginia style. Let me explain...

So I wrote this little ditty three years ago after experiencing my first 4th of July in West Virginia. The only thing that has changed is the fireworks have gotten more fierce and we now try to manage two "picnics": Last night our family celebrated the Fourth West Virginia style. Let me explain...

My daughter asked me such a good question the other day. She wanted to know, if Adam and Eve did not sin, would we do everything right on the first try? Would there be mulligans and mistakes? Would everything we do be just right? Would everything we create be perfect? I found myself wishing she...

I'm sure we've all seen our share of images on the internet that we wish we wouldn't have. I have viewed countless overly-sexualized images of children that have left me sad. And so I was a bit confused when I read this article about how Instagram removed a photo from blogger mom, Courtney Adamo's...

Seriously, creeping on my daughters’ Instagram accounts can give me all kinds of writing material. I can’t keep up with the trends, and am constantly getting an education in social media. Matt and I unashamedly find ourselves looking up texting shorthand on the internet on a regular basis, just...

In the spirit of today's Mortification of Spin , I thought I'd share something from Housewife Theologian . You know, in case you don't know Jack: I'm sure some of you more distinguished theologians drink better whiskey than I do. But I'm a housewife theologian in West Virginia. So we have a...

In the spirit of today's Mortification of Spin , I thought I'd share something from Housewife Theologian . You know, in case you don't know Jack: I'm sure some of you more distinguished theologians drink better whiskey than I do. But I'm a housewife theologian in West Virginia. So we have a...

Back in the day, I owned a pretty awesome coffee café in downtown Frederick, MD. We had all kinds of cool stuff going on, but one thing that really drew in a crowd was the live entertainment. And Andy Carrigan was one of the favorites. Andy was just a cool guy, a dad who worked fulltime for the...

Back in the day, I owned a pretty awesome coffee caf?? in downtown Frederick, MD. We had all kinds of cool stuff going on, but one thing that really drew in a crowd was the live entertainment. And Andy Carrigan was one of the favorites. Andy was just a cool guy, a dad who worked fulltime for the...

When I sit under the preached Word, I have some presuppositions. I trust that my pastor has done the work of preparing the sermon, and that unless he says otherwise, he did not merely cut and paste another preacher’s work. But there has been some recent controversy with pastors and plagiarism. And...

Did you know that the average adult reads between a 7 th and 9 th grade level? And studies show that we like to read two grades below our reading level for entertainment. Well I have a daughter going into the 7 th grade, and one going into the 10 th this fall. They are intelligent girls and all,...

Did you know that the average adult reads between a 7 th and 9 th grade level? And studies show that we like to read two grades below our reading level for entertainment. Well I have a daughter going into the 7 th grade, and one going into the 10 th this fall. They are intelligent girls and all,...

Hannah Anderson has written a wonderful book, Made for More . My review of it is now posted on Books At A Glance . Here is a teaser: As much as I love to read Dorothy Sayers, her book Are Women Human? was a bit of a disappointment to me. I was left frustrated because the two essays contained in it...