Why “Christian Philosophy” is an Absurd Concept

True thinking only begins when one confronts this paradox of reason: in order to freely pursue eternal wisdom one must begin by accepting an authority. A decision must be made in favor of an authority, or else one must try to escape the paradox by way of refusing all authority – a contradiction. This latter [...]

What Church Should Not Be Like

I’d almost forgotten about my old church, The City Church, and how damaging it was to me both as a Christian and a human being, but then I came across this interesting review in the Belltown Messenger that brought all those memories back. Granted, some were good memories. I find this short review interesting in [...]

Transportation Difficulties: What is the Real Problem?

This morning I walked into my favorite local coffee shop, the Rocket, and purchased my usual americano, sat down, and picked up a copy of the Pacific Northwest Inlander. The Inlander is a local paper that serves Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Flipping past the pages filled with the usual periodical banalities and curious [...]

Life in Spokane Part 2

It’s day four in Spokane, and I’m still getting used to the changes of life. First of all, I am starting to get used to how different Seattle and Spokane are in terms of fundamental technology. Of course, being used to the debit card method of paying for parking, Spokane’s old-fashioned coin meter system was [...]

Life in Spokane

Leaving the skyscrapers, overpriced real estate, and traffic behind, Spokane invites me to new scenery and new challenges.

More pictures are available on my Pictures page. The above picture is actually a shot from my backyard, or, more specifically, from across the street. I moved into a cute little studio, which is complete with all the [...]

Trip to Spokane

Want to experience a city in one day, and on foot too? Go to Spokane.

This city, nestled in the hills of eastern Washington, boasts all the conveniences of city life, but without the traffic, the noise, and the expenses, of big city living. My eyes widened with excitement as I noticed the large wide sidewalks, [...]

Roskolnikov and I

Given all the free time that I have had recently, I decided to pick up Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and devour it. After only a few chapters I noticed that Raskolnikov, the protagonist, and I share some of the same personality characteristics. This block of text is what first caught my attention:
It was remarkable that [...]

Of Graduation and Nonsense

Today is my final day as a student at Northwest University. In anticipation of the new changes in my life I decided to try something new for my blog, meaning, writing something non-critical. I need a break from my usual linear logical lit, so the following is the most non-argumentative collection of loosely associated [...]

I’m Published!

That’s right. I am now officially a published critic. My own words appeared in the extremely academically reputable “Talon Journal.” I’m sure that even Jacques Derrida longed for his writing to catch the attention of such a prestigious entity. Click here to view the journal in full. You can see my wonderful words about Northwest [...]