Some people seem satisfied to justify any action by the claim that “it’s natural.” Whether it’s giving in to every sexual urge or ingesting various products and plants, somehow the claim that “it’s natural” (which, I guess, means “it occurs in the natural world”) seems to be enough reason to […]
If you’d only ever read the title of J.B. Phillips’ little book Your God Is Too Small, you may feel that the counterpoint needs to be made. Yes, we often build up inadequate images of God in our heads (the Resident Policeman or the Grand Old Man, to take two […]
I’ve been cycling to work as much this summer as last year, but I’ve written less about it (in fact, nothing so far this year). This silence is in part due to having less free time, but it’s also because the excitement has faded in some ways. Last year, cycling-commuting […]
As a writer who likes trees and hates waste, I’ve tried to cut back on the amount of printing I do. My first line of defence is similar to the advice Mr. Miyagi gives to the Karate Kid: “Best way to avoid punch, no be there.” The best way to […]
You’ve likely heard the rule that in English, the infinitive should never be “split”; in this view, the infinitive form of a verb (“to” + verb, such as “to blog”) is a union as sacred as Holy Matrimony and introducing a third word in between the particle and the verb […]
If you haven’t yet heard of a TV show called “Chuck,” do yourself a favour: get your hands on Seasons 1 and 2 and clear your schedule. There may have been more meaningful, better-written, or more insightful shows in the history of television, but I’m hard-pressed to find one that’s […]