Backward Mutters

  • "I ripped out that site"

    “Early on I was having trouble getting my body going,” Morrow told Sportsnet 590 The Fan’s Mike Wilner on Saturday. “I was having a little trouble with some with high blood sugar.  “My insulin infusion site wasn’t absorbing the insulin and then when it’s real high like that you have…

  • Why I Can’t Find Good Friends

    “Therapeutic theology raises expectations, and it raises self-regard. It isn’t surprising that people taught to be constantly enamored with their own godlike qualities would have difficulty forging relationships with ordinary human beings.” Ross Douthat Here’s Mr. Douthat’s talk regarding his book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics. The talk…

  • Perfect Substance

    “A girl I knew was brought up by ‘higher thinking’ parents to regard God as perfect ‘substance.’ In later life she realized that this had actually led her to think of Him as something like a vast tapioca pudding. (To make matters worse, she disliked tapioca.) We may feel ourselves…

  • Valentines Day Ride Haiku

    February ride. Large Johnny Cashesque cyclist. One handed photo.

  • Celebrity or Hero?

    When I ask the high school students at my church to name a celebrity, they can instantly rattle off a list of twenty. When I ask them to say who their heroes are, their response is usually quiet silence with furrowed brows. After they think about it awhile, however, a…