Review: The Warden and the Wolf King
The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars The ending brought tears to my eyes. The narrative kept us all (me and my 6- and 4-year-old) going for months. That's all good. I did think the series had trouble deciding whether it was a whimsical bedtime story constructed on the fly (the first two books or so) or a "serious" story with symbolism and character depth (the last two books or so). And at a few key times the attempted depth wasn't convincing, especially when...
Review: Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I'm a big McWhorter fan. His lecturing style, which is just like his writing style, is so engagingly brilliant. This was such a wonderful and odd book; it revealed more of ΜcWhorter's personality than previous reads and listens, specifically his dedication to musical theater—and the fact that his pop culture knowledge is almost scarily extensive. And that fact also...
My New Book on the Shaun Tabatt Show
Can I Smoke Pot? Marijuana in Light of Scripture
My new book is out. My co-author Tom Breeden formed the initial structure of the argument and wrote the first draft. It was my job to make that draft sing with illustrations and style, though I enjoyed working with Tom so much that in the end I was able to contribute substance as well as style.
I Got Translated into German!
An article I wrote for Logos Talk got translated into German by Evangelium21. May the Lord use my tiny little drop in the Internet ocean for his glory.