Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs

At the Minneapolis airport.

I was supposed to be home three days ago, but I’m smack dab in the middle of the Delta meltdown. On Saturday night, my flight from Minneapolis to Boise was delayed from 10pm to 12:30am, then to 2:00am, then to 3:00am, then it was cancelled. I would estimate that a thousand people slept on theContinue reading “Stuck at the Mall of America for Days on End”

What if grade inflation is actually a pretty serious sin? What if grade inflation is the defrauding of the public–like counterfeiting or pimping, which Dante consigned to the eighth circle of hell?

Amelie, 2002.

I will be giving two lectures at the 2024 CiRCE Conference in Charleston next week. One which questions the accuracy of “the rhetoric stage” as Sayers describes it, the other which argues Philippians 4:8 (“…whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report”) is an aesthetic theory which is independentContinue reading “Gibbs In Charleston Lecturing On Beauty & Good Taste”

“I would wager that the average classical Christian school is 97% Protestant. Nonetheless, in the miniscule enclave of Catholics, one often finds the most respected student in the school. I don’t mean that all the Catholic students are excellent, and yet I wonder: how many Classical Christian schools have awarded their top honors at theContinue reading “Why The Catholic Minority Does Disproportionately Well At Protestant Schools”

Gibbs in the Badlands.

Is it just me or did Freddie Mercury just not finish writing his part in this song? Bowie finished his part. This song closes with some of Bowie’s most poignant lyrics. Mercury just couldn’t be troubled. Have a look for yourself.

“In the last year or so, though, I’ve come to an odd realization about the prospect of sending my daughters to college. It might sound like back-peddling at first, but I would contend it’s simply a more accurate way of expressing my concerns. I would be happy to help my daughters go to the biggest,Continue reading “Why Do Christian Kids Quit Church In College? Because They’re 18”