No one ever influenced Tolkien–you might as well try to influence a bander-snatch. We listened to his work, but could only affect it by encouragement.  He has only two reactions to criticism; either he begins the whole work again for the beginning or else takes no notice at all. -C.S. Lewis, speaking of J.R.R. Tolkien [...]

…for the new Redeemer blog Redeemer Presbyterian is starting a new blog for Seekers, or those who are considering the claims of Christianity (and other world religions).  They have offered me an opportunity to do some writing. I wrongly supposed I could simply take content from inklingz and allow them to post it on the [...]

A Romantic, says Nietzsche, is someone who always wants to be elsewhere. If that’s so, then the children of the Internet are Romantics, for they perpetually wish to be someplace else, and the laptop reliably helps take them there — if only in imagination. The e-mailer, the instant messenger, the Web browser are all dispersing [...]