Hot Dog, Jumping Frog…
… Albuquerque. Here we are in the middle of New Mexico. In honour of arriving in the city with perhaps the best name in America I give you… and of course all 11 mins + of not to mention a primer on directions… and to wrap up,
View PostToday’s Dividing Line
Here’s the audio from today’s Dividing Line. Had a great time talking about the usual Anglican stuff and then abortion. The links to the 2 articles/commentaries that we discuss are here and here. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
View PostMaking Friends
One of the joys of this trip has been making new friends and meeting up with those I have only previously known online. So east of San Francisco in the town of Manteca we had the real pleasure of meeting up with Micah Burke and his wife Shaina. I’ve known Micah for a number of years [...]
View PostDavid on the Dividing Line tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon local time I have the privilege of being on the Dividing Line, the webcast of Dr James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries. We’ll be chatting about all things Anglican and also turning our mind to some recent statements in the public arena on abortion. The show will be 3:30pm Thursday Mountain Time [...]
View PostUtah 2 – Guns
One of the things that I’ve been keen to explore is the question of Gun Control and the Gun Culture in the States. So it was with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation that on Saturday Jacqui and I joined our host Bill McKeever and some of his family at a gun shop and range. [...]
View PostUtah 1 – Mormonland
So here we are in Utah, home of the Mormons – more fully known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). We have had the immense privilege of being the guests of Bill and Tammy McKeever. Bill is director of Mormon Research Ministries. Mormonism Research Ministry is a missionary/apologetics organization that was organized [...]
View PostPictures from the Road – Nevada and Utah
The last few days have been a long drive from the east of California through Nevada to Utah, just south of Salt Lake City. Here’s some pictures from the route.
View Poston American road etiquette and laws and the Bertram Wooster effect
So three observations on driving in the U.S. Stop Signs are bizarre. Officially there’s a whole list of rules on who gives way to who. In reality it comes across as intensely polite inefficiency. Still, it means everyone is very careful. There are some very strange road laws. I got asked by a policeman to [...]
View PostOur Messy Individualism – Briefing Article
The Briefing have published an article which is a reworking of a few pieces I penned a while ago, “Our Messy Individualism“. Here’s a short excerpt of some of the reasoning part-way through, I suspect, therefore, there’s a more basic common motivation that influences the push towards both abortion and gay adoption—that of the increasing perception of [...]
View PostOn the road and still online
hello everyone. We’re now well into our U.S. road trip. San Francisco is behind us and we’ve crossed into Nevada after a wonderful time in Nevada City with a blogging colleague/friend. I’ll try and keep writing as we move along although, understandably it will be less frequent. How is the holiday going, you ask? Well, [...]
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