A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Blogs and bloggers

  • Links a poppin’

    Marvin has a three part series on the Emergent Church, offers some critical questions, and wonders how a congregation like his, which is not located in a hip, urban enclave might make use of some “emergent” ideas. Brandon writes that Richard Dawkins’ reading of scripture makes fundamentalism look sophisticated and he also questions whether it’s Read more

  • Blogging lameness

    I’m starting to realize that my heart isn’t really in the quickie link-plus-two-sentences-of-pithy-commentary posts these days. And I really can’t bring myself to work up an opinion on the “hot” topic of the moment (whatever that happens to be at any given time) simply for the sake of having one, hence the relative lack of Read more

  • The season of our bloggers’ discontent

    Maybe it’s an end of summer thing, but some of my favorite bloggers are calling it quits, or seriously considering doing so: Jack at Cantanima, Jennifer at Scandal of Particularity, and Caleb at Mode for Caleb. We can only admire them for their commitment to the more important things in life, while nevertheless hoping they Read more