John Stackhouse
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Give Wisdom Time to Work: S-P-I-R
Proverbs 16:23: “The mind of the wise makes their speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to their lips.” When I get into trouble, it’s...
John Stackhouse
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Learning about Prayer from Fairy Tales
Our youngest son, Devon, and I anticipate a trip soon to the Baltic that will start and end in Copenhagen. While we celebrate Søren...
John Stackhouse
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C. S. Lewis on Avoiding God
Blaise Pascal, of course, offers classic observations in his Pensées on how industriously we avoid God and ultimate issues such as virtue...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
In (Abashed) Praise of Diligence
Here are a few Proverbs, taken from a half-dozen similar ones: 12:27 The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious...
John Stackhouse
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On Reading Student Course Evaluations
“They’re so mean!” I recall as if it were yesterday the look of agonized shock on the face of a colleague just after he had finished...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Food Choices at Christmastime
Der Mensch ist was er isst, said Feuerbach, and he was right about that, as he was, alas, about so much else. One is what one eats, and...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Some Post-Election Hopeful Realism
In my book, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World, I devote a chapter to the theology of culture of C. S. Lewis. In...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Happy New Year!
It’s September 1 and the beginning of the real new year. December 31/January 1 is a good mid-year pause to party and/or ponder. But...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Find Someone Good? Go Deeper–Notwithstanding…
In a world of voices—what seems often to be a maelstrom, even a cacophony, of competing signals—how wonderful it is to find someone...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
"Getting Ready for Glory"–Academic Style
A few posts ago, I enjoyed writing to you about Steve Bell’s grandmother as described in a story by Steve and a song by Carolyn Arends,...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Practice Makes Perfect
Life here, now, is about life here, now, and also about the life here, then. We Christians live in the hope of the Second Coming of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
"I Want to Be in Jerusalem": More from Walter Hilton
I’m very much enjoying David Jeffrey’s edition of Walter Hilton‘s 14C spiritual writings. Today I came across this parable and wanted you...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Remembering C.S.L.
Many Americans look back today to the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. I was too young for the event to have any impact on me,...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Who You Gonna Call?
The following is my latest contribution to the “Ask John” feature of Wondering Fair, a blog led by Regent College graduates around the...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Read These Books to Succeed at College/University This Year
I’ve been teaching study skills seminars in one form or another for many a year. I took a study skills course myself when I was a...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Not Right Now, Please: I'm . . .
A friend of mine recently sent me an e-mail as he was preparing a speech: “If you had to choose one issue that we Christians face as we...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Students, Stop Multi-Tasking: You're Only Fooling Yourselves
Research is now confirming what a lot of us have known for a long time: flitting back and forth between a lecture and MSN or tweets or...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
"Be But Your Own True Friend"
William Law (1686–1761) is not one of my favourite spiritual writers, although he did have his fans (such as the Wesleys, George...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Best Advice at 50
Your servant passed the 50-year mark yesterday. Family and friends turned up for a highly convivial evening hosted by my beloved who,...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Facebook: Worse than a Waste of Time, but with Pix
Matt Labash and Sørina Higgins are mostly right: Facebook is a waste of time. And here are a few more reasons to hate it: 1. I keep my...