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Mere Meaningful Membership - Looking at Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity
Chris Kaczor and Matt Petrusek have put together a book - Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity. We decided to exchange books. Before...

Andrew Gilchrist
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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Convictions and Handmaids
“I like to terrorize my protagonist… and so I do!” Thomas King
Fiction writers often dream up the worst hells imaginable just to see if the

Andrew Gilchrist
Jul 19, 20213 min read
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Corruption, Correction, Christianity
[From a social media post and conversation] I hope the title of this post can be read in the spirit of a "light touch." I am fascinated...

Andrew Gilchrist
Jun 15, 20215 min read
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God is Our Daughter
Many want to view the world as a place defined by oppressors and oppressed. That's only one story. You would never say a healthy family is

Andrew Gilchrist
Apr 22, 20212 min read
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AUDIOBOOK Version Now Available
Over a year ago now, I asked a friend if he would help me produce the audiobook version of my book, The Divine Daughter. Imagine my surprise

Andrew Gilchrist
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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The Granddaughter Test for Political Candidates
Have you ever heard of the Granddaughter Test?
This comes from a story about two voters arguing over political candidates. Imagine two men,

Andrew Gilchrist
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Spiritually Inadequate Obsessions - Trees on Mars by Hal Niedzviecki
How did the future, or the new, become so much more important than the now, the present moment? Spiritually, we are told the present-now is

Andrew Gilchrist
Aug 22, 20202 min read
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Audiobook Sample - The Divine Daughter Foreword and Introduction (16 min)
COVID-19 interrupted my audiobook studio sessions. But, I did get the first 16 minutes from my sound guy. I decided to use the 16 minutes...

Andrew Gilchrist
Jun 7, 20201 min read
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Meaning Crisis? Frame, Unframe, Reframe!
The meme is today's aphorism. Today's quick barb or quip can be enough to help you out of falling into the maelstrom of today's flood of...

Andrew Gilchrist
Jan 14, 20201 min read
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Politics: Marrying Adversaries
What is the political equivalent of marriage adversarial politics? How does adversarial political or economic theories address marriage?

Andrew Gilchrist
Jan 10, 20204 min read
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Stranger Writing in Harmony
It is a strange thing to write in harmony. Twin pens poised, Scratching away at syncopated counterpoints. But to...

Andrew Gilchrist
Nov 5, 20191 min read
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Alpha Males as Comforters
the popular account of the phrase "alpha male" is totally wrong. Instead of associating the phrase with things like dominance and...

Andrew Gilchrist
Oct 25, 20192 min read
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Peacemakers - Looking Over the Shoulders of Rene Girard and Jordan Peterson
Rene Girard would insist that Christianity is unique in that it is an answer to myth. But from outside of Christianity, across the sea, we

Andrew Gilchrist
Oct 10, 20194 min read
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Like Lost Puppies
Journalism, as a tradition, has never been married to wisdom. Journalism may flirt with the playful Lady Sophia once in a while, even offer

Andrew Gilchrist
Sep 23, 20195 min read
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So That's How the Amazon Author Page Services Work...
I get this feeling I'm actually working for Amazon, working for Google, working for Facebook, working for Apple...

Andrew Gilchrist
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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"Just Following Orders" - Abraham's Ideal and Correcting Processes
Experience involves limitations.
This can lead to suffering in life.
To overcome that suffering, one strategy is to aim yourself, aim your

Andrew Gilchrist
Aug 25, 20195 min read
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Marvel is Mythical
A love story can actually be about being a good parent.

Andrew Gilchrist
Jul 6, 20191 min read
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Becoming an Author - "Three-Word Poems"
On May 5 I talked about writing at an event just outside Belleville. Retreat Zen is an incredible venue for small-group events,...

Andrew Gilchrist
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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Media Fallout And Education - Paglia, Peterson, and McLuhan
What's the connection between McLuhan & Peterson? What would they talk about if they had the chance to meet? What would McLuhan think...

Andrew Gilchrist
Jun 11, 20191 min read
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Today's Children on Crusade
Andrew Sweeny provides a clear-eyed cautionary tale of what comes with the revolutionary spirit. Anger and youth can be seductive. They...

Andrew Gilchrist
Mar 23, 20191 min read
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