These are my most popular posts based on site traffic from the last 30 days. Data is pulled from my public analytics dashboard.

Based on traffic from the past 30 days.

  1. 14 Characteristics of Fascism: Umberto Eco on Ur-Fascism (289 views)

    Exploring Umberto Eco's 14 characteristics of Ur-Fascism, from the cult of tradition to the impoverishment of language that limits critical thought.

  2. What Color is My Parachute? The Flower Petal Exercise (276 views)

    A walkthrough of the seven-part Flower Petal self-assessment from *What Color Is Your Parachute?*—and my own results from working through this classic job-search exercise.

  3. Bonhoeffer on Stupidity (273 views)

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer's penetrating prison reflections on stupidity as a moral defect more dangerous to society than malice.

  4. You're Reading Romans 13 Wrong! Here's How to Read It Correctly (237 views)

    A contextual reading of Romans 13:1-7, correcting common misinterpretations and abuses of this oft-misunderstood passage.

  5. Prayers for the Sick (215 views)

    Traditional prayers for the sick from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, interceding for comfort and healing.

  6. They Say, I Say Writing Templates (150 views)

    A handy collection of the rhetorical sentence templates from *They Say / I Say*—ready-made moves for academic writing, from disagreeing well to planting a naysayer.

  7. What's Gone Wrong with American Evangelicalism: Some Notes (86 views)

    Notes on American evangelicalism's political captivity, selective victimhood, and failures of moral imagination.

  8. Finding a Hat for My Big, Bald Head (64 views)

    My lifelong search for hats that actually fit a big, bald head—with notes on the Carhartt, Flexfit, and other caps I've tried and recommend.

  9. My Vintage 1947 Craftsman 113 Table Saw (50 views)

    Restoring a 1947 Craftsman 113.22400 table saw I picked up for $40 on Facebook Marketplace—my cleanup-and-rust-removal to-do list, vintage manuals, and parts diagrams.

  10. How to Pray Before You Read and Write: A Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas Before Study (49 views)

    A prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas to pray before you read, write, study, or take a test, with a bit of its history at Beeson Divinity School.

Last updated: October 13, 2026