It was true. I could notice the cultural change. From the constant barrage of Christmas songs, to the hurried but energetic “Merry Christmas” that every cashier threw out with the receipt—something had changed since I had left Brown. No “Happy Holidays”, no “Season’s Greetings”, no[...]
Archive for December, 2007
December 26th, 2007 - 10:03 pm § in RAISIN CAKES BLOG
Mere Identity: Thoughts on the Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays Debate
December 9th, 2007 - 7:52 pm § in RAISIN CAKES BLOG
Brown University student accidentally influences America
Brown University student, Ian Specter, has been operating the now-famous Chuck Norris Fact Generator for a number of years. The thing has sort of spun out of control, and now, the facts have entered into the American vernacular (in fact Ian just put out a book of Chuck Norris facts). Chuck, the has-[...]
December 9th, 2007 - 2:01 pm § in RAISIN CAKES BLOG
When you’re bored with school…
… like my roommate was (and arguably is), you start to talk about iPods, God and programmed cell death. Huh? Read it here.[...]
December 9th, 2007 - 1:58 pm § in RAISIN CAKES BLOG
Pressing Flesh and Rubbing Shoulders
Josh, Nate and I just returned from a great conference in Boston University, titled The Opening of the Evangelical Mind, it featured eminent scholars (Mark Noll and Alvin Plantinga, for instance) commenting on the recent renaissance in evangelical thought and activity within the academy. The organiz[...]