Category Archives: Reflections

Manly Reading of Girl Books: A Note on Tenderness with Sean of the South

Posted on September 23, 2025 by

Quite innocently, early the other morning, I woke up to a video in my Messenger inbox from Paul Ford. I am not someone who is terribly attracted to products like this, but Paul F. Ford is the author of an … Continue reading →

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My New Role at the University of Prince Edward Island (or How to Beat the Summer Heat in the Land of Anne of Green Gables)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by

Hello, dear readers! My wife and I are escaping a beautiful but intensely hot high afternoon in a tourist cafe in the Land of Anne of Green Gables (Cavendish, PEI). We are camping on our Island’s magical North Shore (read … Continue reading →

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My Teaching Philosophy and a Prof of the Year Award

Posted on July 22, 2025 by

I am at one of these professional moments where I am thinking about what I believe are, for me, the essential values, methods, and attitudes of an educator. My Teaching and Research Dossier is dozens of pages, but it is … Continue reading →

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“Because My Old Heart Would Burst”: A Settler’s Reflections on Indigenous Spaces in Octavia Butler and C.S. Lewis (Theology on Tap by Brenton Dickieson)

Posted on March 2, 2025 by

I have some exciting news! On Tuesday, I will be giving a talk in the “Theology on Tap” series. After a pandemic hiatus, it is lovely to see this event emerge again. A few years ago, I did my “Hobbits … Continue reading →

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The Crowded Skyscape of the Modern Mind: An Oxford Tale

Posted on January 28, 2025 by

In Mary Poppins’ London, chimneys puncture the skyscape like fenceposts on an English hill. New York’s skyline shattered in our imagination as this 21st century began, and still, the skyscrapers crowd together as if protecting Lady Liberty from the sea. … Continue reading →

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