Chapter Five: In which, having arrived in Canterbury, I find myself wondering...
Much has happened in the last few weeks that I’d like to offer some reflection on, but some of it, it seems to me, needs more context in order to make sense. So, I will try to catch up a bit first with...
View Article“When we name our children, we should do so as ones who are identifying them...
There’s a page from a church website making the usual rounds right now titled about Orthodox practices with a newborn. As somebody who is going through those steps right now and having to explain...
View ArticleThis is what happens when you tell me I can’t do it
Seven years ago today, somebody who was very well-informed about how such things worked told me that it was highly unlikely that I could ever be competitive for IU’s History graduate program, given an...
View ArticleAddenda to Chapter Five: Easing back into the unintentional epic
About a year and a half ago, some commentary on the complex relationship some younger people growing up today have with organized religion prompted me to start telling my own story with respect to...
View ArticleIn which I talk about a departure and ponder what the heck to do with all the...
Wow. I haven’t posted since two days before Christmas. Yikes. Sorry about that; we spent Christmas in Alaska with my mother and stepfather, had a lovely time seeing them, spent a great Sunday afternoon...
View ArticleFor your consideration: Robotech Academy on Kickstarter
I am bringing the Kickstarter campaign to fund a proof-of-concept pilot of a new Robotech TV series called Robotech Academy to your attention. I think you should fund it. However, I’m not happy about...
View ArticleA chapter ends: 22 August 2003-1 August 2014
It’s the Barretts’ last night as residents of Bloomington, at least for the foreseeable future. I got here 3 weeks shy of 11 years ago, coming here with the specific objectives of finishing an...
View ArticlePushing to a finish line
Hi. I’ve been a bad blogger for… well, awhile. I had a nice stride going in 2008-2009 (you know, back when I was despairing about life and could basically blog at work); then I got into grad school,...
View ArticleBoston and “the real Paris”
(There are two types of people in this world: those who have seen Killing Zoe and thus understand the title of this post, and those who have not. It’s entirely okay if you’re in the latter category;...
View Article“Leitourgeia kai Qurbana: The adventures of… what?“
Obviously, at almost a decade old, this blog is basically about nine years past its prime. My highest-trafficked post is from 2008, I haven’t posted even semi-regularly in more than two years, and the...
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