Jared Bridges

Vocation and the Church

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Ken Myers highlights a needed area of improvement in the church: I meet many students who struggle with keeping their faith intact while in college. There are numerous ministries devoted to encouraging them in that struggle. That encouragement often takes the form of well-crafted arguments defending basic Christian beliefs, and these are obviously valuable resources. … Read more

Egocasting

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I’ve already referenced it my “On the side” miniblog, but it’s worth mentioning again here. Christine Rosen’s essay in the latest issue of The New Atlantis, “The Age of Egocasting,” is a must-read. You’ll never look at your remote control the same again. Rosen delivers a probing critique of the way we have increasingly personalized … Read more

The Difference is in the Rightness

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In his Inaugural address today, President Bush made a familiar-sounding pronouncement: So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. Why does this sound familiar? Because it echoes the … Read more

Books That Haunt: Lancelot

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Each Tuesday, until I decide otherwise, TruePravda will feature a different book in the Books That Haunt series. You can view all posts from this series here. Walker Percy’s writing is ready-made to get under one’s skin, and Lancelot is no exception. Far removed from the Knights of the Round Table, Percy’s 1977 novel is … Read more

Odds & Ends

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Odds & Ends from around the ‘net: Novel Additions: Fellow blogger and good friend Colby Willen has published his first novel, Dolor for Misdeeds, online at http://www.dolorformisdeeds.com. I read the novel some months ago, and I highly recommend it as an entertaining yarn with some thoughtful underpinnings. May the Spuds Be With You: Hasbro, the … Read more

You Won’t Be Able to Get it Out of Your Head

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you. When I first heard the song that is currently #1 in Germany, I thought that the Germans must have carried on at Oktoberfest a little too long. Then, for some unexplained reason, I played the song—written and sung by a 4-year-old about a crocodile—again. It was all over from … Read more

Photos for the Fans

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I’ll undoubtedly be lynched by the family if I don’t post some more photos of our newborn son, so I will oblige. I’m not showing off here—really. I’m doing this because the family wants to see the photos. I’m not showing off. I’m not…

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America and Its “isms”

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David Gelertner’s Commentary article, “Americanism—and Its Enemies,” brings to light a number of elements that form the impetus for the American ideal of democracy for all mankind. Gelertner’s premise is that Americanism is a religion unto itself—the modern-day incarnation of Puritanism, as a matter of fact. Gelertner buttresses a pedigreed Americanism against the tide of … Read more

Wanna Be Lazy? Call It A Boycott

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Writer David Livingstone is organizing a “boycott from work” on Inauguration Day: David Livingstone says the idea behind the economic boycott he’s organizing is simple: If people don’t show up at work or buy things, companies lose money. As he sees it, that’s money the Bush administration can’t tax, and can’t use to run the … Read more