“Birches” by Robert Frost

It’s time for the second post in our Appreciation of Poetry Semi-Series (a title I just made up to indicate the occasional discussion of randomly-selected poems on Past Watchful Dragons this year). We’re starting with one of my all-time favorite poems from one of America’s most beloved poets: “Birches” by Robert Frost.

Better Than Knowledge

We’re told that knowledge is good. Knowledge is power. Knowledge is worth paying a bajillion dollars to attend a university. So is knowledge ultimate, or is there something even better? That’s the question I ponder in these (very short) musings.

Awesome Children’s Books, Part 4: “Where the Wild Things Are”

If you’ve never read “Where the Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak, then I’m not sure where you’ve been all your life, but I know where you need to go: to the library. A.S.A.P. The book will take you less than two minutes to…

What Is “Christian Liberty”?

If you’ve been around churchy folk very often, you may have heard discussions about something called “Christian liberty.” But what is Christian liberty, really? Is it a blank check for believers to live however they want to, as long as the Bible doesn’t explicitly…