Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs

Jarvis Cocker has been looking forward to being old since he was quite young. All the preparation and anticipation has served him well.

Materialists was astoundingly good. I can think of very few films which treat on the subject of shallowness–let alone films which take the subject seriously, explore it forthrightly, and condemn it with appropriate humility. The first act of Materialists overstates the case for a practical, common sense marriage. The second act explores the limitations ofContinue reading “Favorite Film of 2025”

My most merciful and all-merciful God, O Lord Jesus Christ! In Thy great love, Thou didst come down and become flesh in order to save all. Again, I pray Thee, save me by Grace! If Thou shouldst save me because of my deeds, it would not be a gift, but merely a duty. Truly, ThouContinue reading “Perhaps My Favorite Prayer”

Dear friends, Early in the morning on November 13, Josh experienced severe neck pain and lost the use of his right arm and leg. He was taken to the ER and diagnosed with a vertebral artery dissection that produced a spinal stroke. He has been in the ICU since then while his doctors manage the situation with aContinue reading “Health Update From The Hospital”

Telling a teacher, “My child is very smart,” is like telling a doctor, “My child is very healthy,” or like telling a judge, “My child is very not guilty.” We’ll see.

While there’s some climate change claptrap in this book which will probably date it (badly), Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know is a genuinely wise work of fiction that will make it ripe for revisiting over the next thirty or forty years. The story’s unconventional but winning structure makes the reader want to start overContinue reading “The Rarest Quality for a new Novel”

Teachers, no one is just going to start giving you more money. That’s not how money works. It’s not how people work. You have to ask for it. If you’re good at your job and you don’t make much money, you should ask for more. Most classical teachers believe that if their schools could payContinue reading “Classical Christian Teachers, Ask For A Raise”

Student: What do you think about Christians getting tattoos? Gibbs: On their faces? Student: No, not on their faces. Gibbs: Why not? Student: Because that’s just really extreme. Gibbs: Oh. So, where should Christians get tattoos? Student: I don’t know. On their arms, maybe. Or their legs. Or their backs. Gibbs: What sort of tattoos?Continue reading “Should Christians Get Tattoos? Absolutely.”