Category Archives: on writing well

Addicted to Mediocrity

Posted on March 31, 2022 by RC

There are two raging rivers, culturally speaking, that converge to form the lazy river of mediocrity. First, we do not know the excellent. Goodness, truth, and beauty, as the great triad of virtues, are so much more demanding, not simply … Continue reading →

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Psalm 16; Curating Books, The Feast

Posted on March 16, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Wizard of Ahhs

Posted on February 15, 2022 by RC

My incessant gasps were potent portents to my comparative illiteracy. I can’t contain them given the passion I feel for both wisdom and literary dexterity. The setting was my office as I work on a classical education curriculum project. We … Continue reading →

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How did you know that you wanted to be a writer?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by RC

My ideological awakenings did not happen in the order most would suspect. I was well taught the Reformed faith in my catechism class in junior high school, working through GI Williamson’s Shorter Catechism for Study Groups. Though I had, of … Continue reading →

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Be Careful in Here

Posted on December 31, 2021 by RC

Is it the incessant push to have a take? Is it communications reduced to 280 characters? Is it political polarization pushed by algorithms driving us all into our respective echo chambers? How, I’m asking, do we account for our increasing … Continue reading →

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Bible in 5, James; Juggling Words

Posted on November 16, 2021 by RC

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The Gospel At Work- CR Stewart, author of Britfield and the Lost Crown

Posted on August 25, 2021 by RC

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Atin-Lay, Posse Peccare; Catechism 84; Curating Books, Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Posted on July 29, 2021 by RC

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Jesus Changes Almost Everything

Posted on July 14, 2021 by RC

I love Twitter. When I first heard about it I confess I was conflicted. The social commentator in me was appalled. My inner Neil Postman took the curmudgeon approach, bemoaning the dumbing down of our discourse to 140 characters. Has … Continue reading →

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Be Careful Little Children What You Hear

Posted on July 9, 2021 by RC

There is a steep penalty to pay for our steeply declining level of discourse. As a culture we have grown radically more emotive and radically less thoughtful. We communicate in 280 characters, through memes, with the broad brushed strokes of … Continue reading →

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