Joshua Gibbs

On Christian Cults

You’d think that people would catch on to the fact that churches with night club names (“Dwell,” “Lift,” “Sponge”), pastors in jeans, and killer Instagram accounts go hand-in-hand with news stories like this one. If you want a church that’s not going to get hit with corruption charges, you want a place with a nameContinue reading “On Christian Cults”

The Senior Thesis Fiasco

“It is May, which means that classical schools across the country are finalizing plans for graduation ceremonies, setting calendars for next year, determining schedules for summer school, and trying to figure out what to do with a few senior boys whose theses were laughably bad.” -from How To Avoid Another End-Of-The-Year Senior Thesis Fiasco, myContinue reading “The Senior Thesis Fiasco”

A Better Way To Anti-Consumer

I’m enjoying this one immensely. I far prefer the anti-consumerism of the 80s and early 90s to the sort of shrill pap that passes as edgy these days. DeLillo is satirical, but he doesn’t believe that satirizing consumerism is brave. He doesn’t believe it is a metaphysics or a creed. It’s not a dogma. TheseContinue reading “A Better Way To Anti-Consumer”

The Plight Of The Modern Writing Teacher

Parent: My child has too much writing homework. Teacher: How much time is your child spending on their writing homework? Parent: My son went up to his room last night at 5:30 to start working on his writing homework and when I checked on him at 11:30, he was still going. Six hours—that’s unacceptable. NoContinue reading “The Plight Of The Modern Writing Teacher”

Just A Horrifying Reminder

There is no way to bring out about real reform cheaply and with your ego intact. Real reform is always embarrassing and expensive. Also, someone needs to write a classical Christian education manifesto.

Business Or Ministry?

“This will always be a temptation facing institutions which are both business and ministry; sacrificing a little on the ministry side will do much for business, sacrificing a little on the business side will do much for ministry.”

Lecture 1 of 2: The World To Me

If marriage is a sacrament, it must also be a cosmology. In this lecture, Joshua Gibbs presents marriage not as theory, not as theology, but as world-building. Well suited to single people, those dating, newlyweds, romantics, and cynics.

Proverbial, Episode 96: Sick Fascination

“Don’t shoot the messenger” seems live obvious advice, but let’s all admit how pleasant it can be to deliver bad news. Check out the latest episode of Proverbial to hear more.

Playlist For A Week In Atlanta

Fear Of A Sheltered Life

Student: I know how you feel about the matter, but I’m thinking about going to a secular college next year. Gibbs: How come? Student: I don’t want to live in a bubble. If I don’t go to a secular college, I’m worried I’ll go through my whole life without ever knowing anything about other people’sContinue reading “Fear Of A Sheltered Life”