thinking about whatever is true, noble, right, and pure
Charles E. Belknap’s book, The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids, is full of rich, historical vignettes. He provides glimpses of what life was like in Grand Rapids during the mid-nineteenth century.
Read More Charles E. Belknap: “The Pioneers’ Winter Food”Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and it isn’t even close. Undoubtedly, our corporate expressions of gratitude are the healthiest part of the day. Gratitude pulls the soul out of the unending depths of introspection and self-pity. Who can add a single hour to his span of life?
Read More Thanking God for such deliveranceI know that you’re going to be sitting around tonight wondering what to do in those anxious moments between ambushes by costumed raiding parties, so I have compiled a few Reformation Day Reads for your edification.
Read More Reformation Day ReadsAs I write this, it is still Hunter’s birthday, October 7. We have a few hours left. I have resisted returning to the family eulogy from Hunter’s memorial service, but it seems appropriate to post it today. You’ll find my notes below. I have added the few extemporaneous comments that were not in my original […]
Read More A tribute to my brotherA more insightful writer is only a few clicks away. A prettier face is only a swipe away. A happier family is only a scroll away. We are all in a battle against despair and loneliness. The least we can do is tell one another, “hey, I see you.”
Read More I see you.The dangers of the system of election, applied to the chief of the executive government of a great people, have been sufficiently exemplified by experience and by history. I wish to speak of them in reference to America alone. These dangers may be more or less formidable in proportion to the place which the executive […]
Read More Alexis de Tocqueville on electing a presidentHot takes are like bottle rockets. They flash, move quickly, startle, and burn out in a second. Most fall harmlessly to the ground. Others strike objects or start fires.
Read More Bottle rockets win the dayIt seems fitting to post these pictures in April.
Read More Fort Sumter Photo GalleryPlease check out the trailer for Spirit & Truth.
Read More Official Trailer for Spirit and Truth: A Film About Worship“But as for Abraham there was no one who could understand him.”
Read More The incomprehensible Knight of Faith
Tyler Dale Gaastra 