Supposedly, We’re Saved on the Basis of Grace and Forgiveness, not Merit. What’s the Good of Encouraging Ourselves to Think We Can Pile up a Whole lot of Brownie Points by Fasting?
Without Fear: Life According to Jameson Whiskey
There is no good news in fear. There is no love in fear. In fact, it’s been said that perfect love drives out fear.
Grace for the Frozen Food Chef
I Praise God that I Am only a Few Minutes and Microwave Beeps away from Alfredo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli
David Chang Has Nothing To Be Depressed About
“To Fight This, You Need Help. Medicine, Yes, But People Are Key. You Can’t Do It Alone.”
Pancake Syrup & Justification
If We Examined the Origins of Everything, We’d Find that Everything is Problematic … Eventually.
A Full Grown Man & His Sad Jelly Belly
A confession from Matt Magill: I have a complicated relationship with sugar. It’s really the candy that does me in. The guilty verdict on my perpetual adolescence needs no further evidence than my wicked sweet tooth and embarrassing proclivity to indulge it. No matter how often I throw out “Not today Satan!”, I trend towards […]
A Bar Too High and Too Heavy
I may seem like nothing but an already crotchety almost-thirty-something who has resigned himself to the “armchair analysis” stage of athletic participation. And while that holds more than a modicum of truth (a ruptured ACL and chronic back problems will do that), I also contend that the advent of fitness culture is, indeed, religious, and […]