http://wip.powerblogs.com/ A work in progress en-us 2008-03-20T14:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1206024385.shtml It's not much of a spoiler to say that in Season 2 of Dawson's Creek, Joey leaves Dawson in order to "find herself". More about that later, but it reminds me... Chris 2008-03-20T14:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1205813940.shtml Stories require conflict; it's more or less a truism that in order to have a plot you have to have some challenge facing the main character; your hero must be in... Chris 2008-03-18T04:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1205720718.shtml Having watched Season 1 and most of Season 2 of Dawson's Creek, and having read the episode synopses for the remaining 4 seasons, one of the things which really struck me... Chris 2008-03-17T02:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1205649184.shtml In literature, characters are never interesting for their flaws. They're always interesting for their virtues.... Chris 2008-03-16T06:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1205643455.shtml So, I'm watching Dawson's Creek, which is a drama full of, well, drama. Anyhow, one of the characters is writing a love story, and an ex-girlfriend of his offers him the... Chris 2008-03-16T04:03+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1201546983.shtml In the book C.S. Lewis at the breakfast table, Derek Brewer told of a compliment given to C.S. Lewis which has always struck me:... Chris 2008-01-28T19:01+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1193540798.shtml (First, a tiny bit of background information: the universe which we live in has some really strange properties. If you look up the formula for the force of gravity between two... Chris 2007-10-28T03:10+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1171565154.shtml As some people might know, Amanda Marcotte resigned from John Edwards campaign (for those who don't you can get some idea by starting here and following the links around; I... Chris 2007-02-15T18:02+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1169140256.shtml The Modern religion is, aside from being a sort of decayed Christianity, based almost entirely on modern wealth. That is, it's based on the material comfort in which the middle (and... Chris 2007-01-18T17:01+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1168377014.shtml The idea of determinism usually starts from one of two premises: the supremacy of nature or the supremacy of God. Both routes are fairly circuitous, and both involve a leap of... Chris 2007-01-09T21:01+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1166469989.shtml In the introduction to The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis said that the book was a very imperfect work because it told only one side of the story. Presumably it should also... Chris 2006-12-18T19:12+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1160472184.shtml Did you ever get the idea that God was telling you something?... Chris 2006-10-10T09:10+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1158605297.shtml I was really burned by my experiences of grad school. I've been trying to let it go ever since I graduated, and I haven't really. On the plus side, it's taught... Chris 2006-09-18T18:09+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1155009689.shtml If God is All powerful and infinitely good, why is there suffering in the world?... Chris 2006-08-08T04:08+00:00 http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1154406272.shtml As any Christian can testify, faith is a very difficult virtue. When my faith has flagged, it has sometimes consoled me to think about how unbelievable most of the world is.... Chris 2006-08-01T04:08+00:00