When folks ask me whether they should do a PhD in philosophy (or theology, for that matter) I typically respond, “Yes, if you’re okay with being the smartest barista at Starbucks.” I then go on to describe the bleak prospects for humanities PhDs generally, and philosophy (and theology) in particular. Since you might not have […]
Job
Lessons from the Sarcastic God (A subversive quiet time meditation)
The other day I was reading Job 38 with my daughter. This is the point when God finally answers Job with a blast of poetic rhetorical supremacy from on high. God includes with the verbal dressing down of Job lines like this: “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness […]
