Carson Spratt loves learning. And learns through life. And life, well, life is about love. And all these things are rooted in his God. He learns about God, lives God, and loves God. So there’s a sort of Trinity of interests in his life, unified in one Lord. He learns how to love, he lives out his learning, and he loves life. And the great thing is, it only gets better from this world on out. God told him so.
As to his personal interests in this life – well, how much space does he have? (And how much time do you?) He enjoys Classical music, a well-told story, chocolate, a warm fire, snow wet enough to throw, Christmas, the Bible, writing poetry that even he doesn’t understand, games with family, laughter from the heart, and friends who put up with his various oddities. Sunsets always amaze him, as do thunderstorms, wind, stars, and grassy lawns. Calvin and Hobbes, in his opinion, have a darn sight more sense than Richard Dawkins. He delights in debating (maybe too much), reading, poking holes in atheistic arguments, passing on jokes, and quoting his favourite authors (William Goldman, C.S. Lewis, Victor Hugo, Bill Waterson, P.G. Wodehouse and Charles Dodgson, for example.) His favourite part of the Bible is Psalm 104:27-30.
There are three things which Carson hates, yes, four which he despises: An illogical argument, a lover of fashion, a good book tortured into the shape of a bad movie, and a man who misuses the Bible. Actually, there are more. But he’ll hold back.
Carson has traveled with this planet in several different locations: Surrey B.C., Regina S.K., Sechelt B.C., White Rock B.C., and, most recently, Colville Wa.
Well, that’s him. (They told him to write in third person). To contact him, open your window and yell. He might hear, he might not: it’s worth a try.
Patrick James McCord is a senior from Spokane Washington, who, in addition to his high school studies, occasionally authors poems and other odd writings which defy classification or designation. No need to beat around the bush — a cursory critical examination of his work reveals his excessive romanticism, maudlin sentimentality and pervasive mysticism. It is also noteworthy that he has an affinity for long sentences, which affinity, some speculate, may be related to his recent, formative, and perhaps regrettable exposure to Herman Melville.
James is a devoted classical pianist, with strong baroque, romantic, and impressionist sympathies. He is also known to pick a guitar and sing. He worships at Christ Church (CREC) in Spokane, and is Associate Producer of its nationally distributed audio-cultural journal, St. Anne’s Public House. Next year he hopes to begin studying literature, and eventually, international human rights law. In his free time he drives race cars, reads stories, and is occasionally struck by lightning.
E. M. Ten-Hove, better known as Lizzy, leads a relatively normal existence as one of the few Presbyterians in her small New England town. She dreams of being a classicist, and can usually be found translating Latin poetry, devouring novels, or playing Bach dance suites. Some of her favorite authors are C. S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, and J. R. R. Tolkien, and she keeps seventy-five Shakespeare plays in her bedroom, plus one in the kitchen.
In her spare time, Lizzy clashes swords and waves hankies with a youth morris and rapper sword dance team. She is an enthusiastic thespian, and has played everything from a cross-dressing maiden to a mischievous sprite to a doorbell. She has also been told she makes a lovely corpse. She loves to cook and bake, and will eat anything with mushrooms in it, including ice cream.
Philip Hilton writes,
Reading Proverbs, and comparing the teachings of Christ, one is set a subtle paradox. On the one hand, we appear to have the teachings of Christ which set out for us a hard way of suffering and love as God’s stunning example for humankind, where there is no place for respectable, gentlemanly conduct. On the other hand, we have the way of Proverbs (and, I would argue, the way of the whole OT), a way of wisdom, caution, foresight and most definitely of respectability — with a keen eye towards the will of God for all that. I would like to suggest that the concept of ‘the Righteous Life’ in the Bible is a fluctuating concept, or at least, like a diamond which is turned in the light, one which is shown with different nuance in each new era.
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John Ahern writes,
This may be somewhat confusing, since I’ve posted on here before about Classical music being dead and Classical music really being an output of Classical Greece. Using two different definitions of the word Classical about the same issue is hard enough—here, I’m going to add a third. When I say “classical education”, I mean the liberal arts and sciences. Think Dorothy Sayers. Classical and Christian schools. That classical. This is about applying the concept of paideia to music.
