History writing used to be about kings and battles. Now a fair number of the battles are about history writing. Just since Thanksgiving two

I’ve treasured this poem ever since I first read it as a freshman in college. It appealed to this then late-60s kid as a brilliant

I vowed I wouldn’t make this post about how Evangelical celebrities keep tripping over the sex thing. But it’s so hard to resist. Just in

Spent an enjoyable mid-afternoon today talking with the board of Perspectives, the journal that’s the mother of The 12 blog. I served on the Perspectives

My academic meeting for the month took place at Valparaiso University in Indiana. The occasion was a roundtable discussion of Brad Gregory’s big and big-splash

On a free day during my trip to Paris last month, I took the train to Chartres to visit its cathedral. I’d heard about it,

Just back from Paris, where I conferenced for a couple days and walked around for a couple more. Two sights struck me most: how very

I’m on the road conferencing this weekend, hangin’ with the Swedes at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. More precisely, giving a talk at