Resident Theologian
About the Blog
More silly scientism
A response to (part of) Robert Baird’s review of Ross Douthat’s book.
2025: out of touch
On waking up to the realization that I am out of touch with pop culture.
2025: pods, talks, travel, etc.
A rundown of travel, talks, and podcasts in the past year.
My latest: Christmas (in CT) and Kingsnorth (in Commonweal)
Links to my final published pieces in 2025.
“Another great year for movies”
On critics reassuring us every year how great the previous year was for cinema.
The solas don’t imply each other
Thoughts on the traditional solas of the Protestant Reformation.
The C. S. Lewis Test
A little test I like to apply to non-evangelical and non-Christian writers.
Simon Leys
A little celebration of the great writer Simon Leys, whom I discovered this year.