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An inspiring piece that offers hopeful renewal. Definitely worth a read! christianitytoday.com/2025/03/tim-ke…

This week I passed 50,000 words on my manuscript on evangelicalism in California. I didn't know a project could become so personal, both enjoyable and challenging. And there are so many angles to consider!

“There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people.” -Francis Schaeffer

I can see it in the eyes of young men. They are "suffering from depression and anxiety, feelings of insecurity and inadequacy, and are committing suicide at a rate four times that of young women." newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-male-you…

"For where the Gospel of the grace of God in Christ is faithfully preached, there the propaganda of hate, selfishness and lawlessness cannot dominate the community." -Lyman Stewart, 1913

R. Mouw writes about a Silicon Valley investor who in his free time reads medieval works: “it has to do with the speed of life when you are constantly involved with start-ups. You lose a sense of being a self that has a history. I have to [work] at being connected to... the past”

I appreciate Daniel Silliman's response. Everyone gets it wrong sometimes. What stands out to me is the unending desire for novelty in the field of biblical studies. It's not exciting to the modern mind but often the traditional reading gets it right. 🫤 christianitytoday.com/2025/04/daniel…

A reoccurring theme emerging in my research has been the cultural & religious divergence (real & perceived) between SF (& Bay Area) and SoCal. From the early 1900s, Lyman Stewart of Biola hoped to help LA become be a conservative answer to SF & its influence on the West Coast.

California is now the 4th largest economy in the world foxbusiness.com/economy/califo…

Scripture reveals, tradition guides, reason elucidates, and experience acknowledges/confesses the mystery of the faith.

Sometimes you just need to listen to slow jams and get some grading done.

I'm surprised by a level of naivety among students interested in high church. Yesterday one remarked that the Episcopal Church was "not liberal" because they "hold to the creeds." The idea that a tradition of creedalism has preserved classical theology in TEC might be misguided.

I'm grateful my high church brothers & sisters. I've learned much from them. I studied church history in part due to my love for the ancient & medieval church. But as a Baptist (& member of fairly liturgical baptist church) I appreciate Gavin Ortlund here youtube.com/watch?v=sU9wje…

"This is the reason men cannot find peace. They give way to human fears, and prefer the pleasures of the present to the promises of the future." -2 Clement

I’m soaking up this book. A thoroughly enjoyable way to kick off summer reading. 📚

The greatest cultural difference between California and other parts of the country (Midwest, South, for example) is not political views, nor religious affiliation, etc. The most notable difference is that people in California regularly open their windows on their homes.

Young Steve Jobs riding a motorcycle, getting started from a garage, a true Californian. Greatness often wears jeans, not suits.

One of the things I'm most looking forward to on vacation is a day Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In 1903, Teddy Roosevelt spent a day in Santa Cruz, but I don't know if I can match his style.