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Trumpkin Derangement Syndrome and Book Review Bulverism

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

I have a book on the way to print. Woo! and hoo! I thought my dominant feeling would be pride when I finally spoke those words. I probably will feel pride when, in the tradition of authors for the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bible, Bulverism, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis and the Bible, Creative Practice, God in the Dock, Leslie Baynes, Pauline Baynes, Piglet, Prince Caspian, social media, The Screwtape Letters, Trumpkin, writing | 17 Comments

Why the Logic of Prevention will Always Fail for Some: Steady Thoughts in Response to COVID-19

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I awoke early this morning, before the alarm, thinking about teaching. Over the weekend, leaders in our largest colleges and universities and in our government have taken steps to limit the spread of COVID-19. It is not yet a state … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged American politics, C.S. Lewis, Canadian Politics, conspiracy theory, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fear, Fox News, Letters to Malcolm, online teaching, social media, Teaching, Theology of Culture | 30 Comments

On Being a Digital Leopard Frog, or Living Among the Digital Natives (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This summer I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged culture, digital immigrants, digital natives, frogs, leopard frog, luddites, philosophy, social media, technology, Theology of Culture | 7 Comments

Fun With Stats 2: Lessons on Connectivity from 5 Years of Blogging

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

As I have confessed before, I love bar graphs and lists. I love data and spreadsheets and trying to read the data to see what trends emerge. As last month was the busiest month ever on A Pilgrim in Narnia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged apologetics, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, Data, facebook, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, parenting, social media, Teaching, theology, Twitter, wordpress, Wordpress Stats | 13 Comments

Fun With Stats 1: Lessons on Growth from 5 Years of Blogging

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the critical advantages of WordPress is that it offers the blogger tools for calculating their impact. It is also one of its critical weaknesses as the analytics are limited to daily visitor and hit counts, as well as … Continue reading →