I read a comment a blog despairing of how to explain 1 Peter 3:6 and I felt sympathetic, so I offered my thoughts. (Later I realized an earlier commenter had already linked to basically the same argument). What I wrote is my best take on this passage, but I am not confident that “weaker vessel” does convey the sense of Read More

I am not looking forward to the commencement of the MBA program in which I have enrolled. You see I am confessing up front that it is my own choice that brings it on me; but I don’t think I am compelled to enjoy all of my own choices. While some see it a mark of good character to celebrate Read More

Sippican shared a video wherein passers by were asked their single greatest regret in life. Some of the answers seem honest; others, filtered to a level of banality appropriate for strangers. Several claim no regrets. To have no regrets is to have no memory or else no imagination. I have closets full of regret, all shapes and sizes. Cluttered, overstuffed Read More

A couple of months ago I ran into a friend from college. We hadn’t kept in touch since then, but I was happy to see him. “Why aren’t you married yet?” he asked me. The occasion of our meeting was a play, and intermission was nearly over, and a couldn’t summon up any kind of answer in the time I Read More