January 2023 – Southern Reformed Smoker

Becoming, Making, and Completing C.S. Lewis, A Book Review

I am not sure why but I was not expecting to like Harry Lee Poe’s biographical trilogy on C. S. Lewis: Becoming C.S. Lewis, The Making of C.S. Lewis, and The Complete C.S. Lewis. It likely has something to do with the scope of the thing just looking daunting. Or with my growing concern withContinue reading “Becoming, Making, and Completing C.S. Lewis, A Book Review”

Your World as I See It: Go Go I Would not Wish You Back Again

Editors Note: This is this is a continuation of a series within the impromptus section. I call it, Your World as I See it by Astor Clement. Similar to Doug Wilsons No Quarter November, I will, under the pseudonym, be offering my unvarnished opinions at will. As to that nome de plume, if you areContinue reading “Your World as I See It: Go Go I Would not Wish You Back Again”

The Wolfe Unsettling the Flock

I’ll be honest every time I think this whole Stephen Wolfe The Case for Christian Nationalism thing has died down I keep finding the praise or vilifications steaming away like the express is running late. And the crew on this particular train is a motley bunch, and I am not particularly interested in describing them.Continue reading “The Wolfe Unsettling the Flock”

A Rant

I’ll just concede on the front end, this is a rant and there will be nothing theological in it. But I wish to vent my spleen about conservatives commentators picking stupid hills to die on to fill time. I have gone down the Daily Wire/The Blaze, and a few other similar style podcast rabbit holeContinue reading “A Rant”

A Little House Keeping

With the new year comes the annual tidying up around the blog. And while there have been no major updates I will at least point to some minor changes. The Cigar list has a few new recommendations The Whiskey list has grown as well Also I think that drawing attention to the confusingly but accuratelyContinue reading “A Little House Keeping”