Backward Mutters

  • The sovereign Stick up Artist

    A quote sent from a friend… “The evangelical church, or at least a good slice of it, is nervous, twitchy, and touchy about consumer desire, ready to change in a nanosecond at the slightest hint that tastes and interests have changed. Why? Because consumer appetite reigns. And consumer appetite and…

  • Genesis 27:14-34 His Father’s Eyes

  • To Lady Kenmure on the Occasion of the death of her infant daughter

    “You have lost a child: nay she is lost to you who is found in Christ. She is not sent away, but only sent before, like unto a star, which going out of our sight doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere. We see her not, yet…

  • Abbott’s Creek 8

    Rode my bike in a figure eight loop down into Davidson County. First time I’ve been on the road in over a month. http://app.strava.com/rides/1621065/embed/67d7171683b377d4ab81623ebcdd359eb7a9cc4f

  • A quote sent to me by a friend from a book describing the underlying story of our age, which is economic. “Your relationships are transactional — a means to an end, not an end in themselves. What matters is building a bigger audience. If you can connect with the right…