The Meaning of Christmas

Sean Brenon is our guest writer this week!  He has written a reply to last week’s post, written by David Henry.  You can head over to Sean’s blog here and read his original post and other thoughts.  Enjoy! The Meaning of Christmas What began as a tongue-in-cheek vendetta against the replacement of the meaning of…

How Shall We Then Be Jolly?

Please welcome David Henry to the spotlight this week!  He has graciously allowed us to post his thoughts on Christmas celebration.  Feel free to head over to his blog for some eggnog at Fog on Pleasant Hill. Returning Fire A good friend of mine recently posted an attack on the “commercialization” of Christmas. While I…

Be Careful, Young Eyes, What You Read

The lovely miss Rachel Olson has allowed us to re-post her thoughts on young adult fiction here.  You can find her original post on her blog here.  Enjoy! I’m going to wax biographical here for a second, but it will have a point. I read a good amount of Young Adult fiction into my late…

An Augustinian View of Creation

Hey all – This is a paper hand-picked by Mr. Appel, written by Natalie Williams for the freshman Augustine paper assignment last term.  Enjoy! Every truly great story has a great beginning. Every epic is shaped by the way it starts. Though modern Christians too often forget this fact, Saint Augustine saw clearly the meaningful relationship between…

Remember the Big Picture

I asked several of last year’s freshmen to offer some advice to this year’s, since finals are tip-toeing ever closer and the first round often resembles a heavily tattooed ninja demon warlord who has a personal grudge against You. Now, we are not here to tell you that finals are actually fluffy kittens whose sole…