“No doubt, you people have wondered why it’s necessary to tell me eight or nine times a week, ‘Trent, tuck in your shirt.’ You must complain about it in the breakroom. One of you probably says something like, ‘I had to remind Trent to tuck in his shirt again today,’ and then someone else says, ‘So didContinue reading “A High School Boy Explains Why He Keeps Untucking His Uniform Shirt”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Ethics In Fiction
The standards we keep for fictional heroes are kept quite separate from the standards we hold for real people. For example, in The Two Towers, Gandalf refers to Grima as “Wormtongue,” even though “Wormtongue” is an abusive nickname assigned to Grima by all the people in Theoden’s court. While most Christian readers take deep satisfactionContinue reading “Ethics In Fiction”
Why Things Aren’t Very Good Right Now
Most Christians honestly believe that it is sinfully inappropriate, highly offensive, and worthy of full cancellation for one Christian man to say to another, “Grow a pair,” even if the man hearing these words is weak, cowardly, and his incompetence is bringing many, many other decent men to suffer. Nonetheless, there has never been anContinue reading “Why Things Aren’t Very Good Right Now”
Proverbs For A Sentimental Age
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but friendly reminders will drive it away.
Against Servant Leadership
“While I am all in favor of serving others, the expression “servant leadership” is passive-aggressive virtue signaling which coyly suggests there’s something broken in the classic understanding of “leadership” that can be fixed with the help of egalitarian philosophy and LinkedIn business jargon. Imagine asking a fellow in his twenties if he was married andContinue reading “Against Servant Leadership”
Water In Turmoil After It Is Accused of Wet Bias
The Pen Tom Steals From Dickie In The First Episode
The MEISTERSTÜCK 149 from Montblanc. If you’d like to buy me one for Christmas, here’s the link.
“Will Heaven Be Boring?” Is Now Available
“Will Heaven Be Boring? A Conversation About Beauty And Good Taste” is available for purchase on Amazon now.
Releasing Later This Week: Will Heaven Be Boring?
“Will Heaven Be Boring?” is my next pamphlet and will be out later this week through Amazon. It’s a long, meandering conversation between a teacher and student about the titular question which branches out into matters of art, romance, beauty, good taste, piety, knowledge, and freedom. Some of the same matters argued in Love WhatContinue reading “Releasing Later This Week: Will Heaven Be Boring?”
Every Orthodox Person Has Seen This, But Regardless
Worth watching through to the end.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 