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In this blog: opinion and commentary on NEWS, ART, CULTURE, EDUCATION, RELIGION, and anything else that deserves mention … in brief.

For longer works, please visit: http://oakenquill.wordpress.com/
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I was a columnist for Martinsville Chronicle (a newspaper that has since folded—pun intended). Now, I write for In Frame Visual Arts magazine, which is distributed throughout southern Virginia, and on the web at MagCloud.com.

My poetry has appeared in Orson Scott Card’s “Strong Verse” ezine. 

I’m a Navy vet; former Cadet; and world traveler extraordinaire.</description><title>oakenquill</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @oakenquill)</generator><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>"In 1968, Francis Schaeffer wrote that the problem with communicating Christianity to a new..."</title><description>“In 1968, Francis Schaeffer wrote that the problem with communicating Christianity to a new...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50477920103</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50477920103</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:59:09 +0900</pubDate><category>Christianity</category><category>Francis Schaeffer</category><category>truth</category><category>apologetics</category></item><item><title>Panicked Stallions</title><description>
	A quick thought on travel:

	When you&amp;#8217;re running, the demons are too busy holding on to...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50408713392</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50408713392</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:12:46 +0900</pubDate><category>Stallion</category><category>Horse</category><category>Demon</category><category>Travel</category><category>Expat</category><category>American</category><category>Running</category><category>Asia</category></item><item><title>"Real science arose only once: in Europe. China, Islam, India, and ancient Greece and Rome each had a..."</title><description>“Real science arose only once: in Europe. China, Islam, India, and ancient Greece and Rome...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50346863231</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50346863231</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:57:59 +0900</pubDate><category>Reason</category><category>Christianity</category><category>Europe</category><category>Islam</category><category>Astrology</category><category>Astronomy</category><category>Alchemy</category><category>Chemistry</category><category>China</category></item><item><title>Releasing the June Bugs</title><description>
	What calms the wild, indifferent night? What condenses untamed attention? In the swirling...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50171962562</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50171962562</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:44:44 +0900</pubDate><category>Music</category><category>Captivity</category><category>Chaos</category><category>Hopelessness</category><category>Night</category></item><item><title>"For Jesus the kingdom of God indicates God’s intervention in history to accomplish both..."</title><description>“For Jesus the kingdom of God indicates God’s intervention in history to accomplish both...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50136111555</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/50136111555</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 11:52:10 +0900</pubDate><category>Jesus</category><category>Apologetics</category><category>God</category><category>Kingdom</category></item><item><title>Eponymous</title><description>shitmystudentswrite:

Hamlet is the story of a man named Hamlet.

Truer words&amp;#8230;</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/44461476101</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/44461476101</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:26:50 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>"There is no fear that a modern king will attempt to override the constitution; it is more likely..."</title><description>“There is no fear that a modern king will attempt to override the constitution; it is more...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/43791763383</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/43791763383</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:44:19 +0900</pubDate><category>G.K. Chesterton</category><category>Press</category><category>Censorship</category><category>Obama</category><category>Freedom of the Press</category><category>Censor</category><category>Orthodoxy</category></item><item><title>"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a..."</title><description>“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/43224602885</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/43224602885</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:05:37 +0900</pubDate><category>Courage</category><category>G.K. Chesterton</category><category>Orthodoxy</category><category>Advice</category><category>Christianity</category><category>Theology</category><category>Mysticism</category></item><item><title>principe-dos-doritos:


(Principe dos Doritos)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90ed71aa9fd25cb7a12bdb1e95694981/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo1_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/35f00bbe17fe60f46ad2ec321548651b/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9f846abd2e21bb2e145d55d59600030/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c99eceef837526a78fa69e9cfb7127b/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64a0dc0a5aaed7ab48fe13c861629eb1/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo7_r2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7860d21951d437ba024fdf9fbd6342f7/tumblr_mgkyagrxXQ1rfpkdjo8_r3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://principe-dos-doritos.tumblr.com/post/40464083475" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;principe-dos-doritos&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" height="270" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me6mtfU8GP1qikvag.gif" width="480"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.principe-dos-doritos.tumblr.com/"&gt;P&lt;/a&gt;rincipe &lt;a href="http://www.principe-dos-doritos.tumblr.com/"&gt;d&lt;/a&gt;os &lt;a href="http://www.principe-dos-doritos.tumblr.com/"&gt;D&lt;/a&gt;oritos)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827565912</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827565912</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:43 +0900</pubDate><category>science</category></item><item><title>The elusive haloes of utopia.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52d88682c321f1f2af57b66ada455643/tumblr_mh5nq4Ynuu1r3d8abo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The elusive haloes of utopia.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827468195</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827468195</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:58:35 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>"It is true that man (a silly man) might make change itself his object or ideal. But as an ideal,..."</title><description>“It is true that man (a silly man) might make change itself his object or ideal. But as an...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827049656</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42827049656</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:49:47 +0900</pubDate><category>change</category><category>G.K. Chesterton</category><category>orthodoxy</category><category>Tennyson</category><category>progress</category></item><item><title>"Those who seek to make Jesus and His gospel relevant to their culture must change both the character..."</title><description>“Those who seek to make Jesus and His gospel relevant to their culture must change both the...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42826627831</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/42826627831</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:41:02 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>"Christianity Today magazine published a full-page article critiquing our new name, saying ‘You..."</title><description>““Christianity Today magazine published a full-page article critiquing our new name, saying...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/40976755757</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/40976755757</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:57:16 +0900</pubDate><category>Christ</category><category>Jesus</category><category>Bible</category><category>Reformation</category><category>Sola Scriptura</category><category>God</category><category>Gospel</category></item><item><title>World View: China Prepares the People's Liberation Army for War</title><description>World View: China Prepares the People's Liberation Army for War: China today is giddy with military...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/40976054165</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/40976054165</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:47:49 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan’s Population Falls by Record in 2012 as Births Decrease</title><description>Japan’s Population Falls by Record in 2012 as Births Decrease: Last year’s estimated fertility...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/39560596418</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/39560596418</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:51:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Japan</category><category>South Korea</category><category>Asia</category><category>China</category><category>Economics</category><category>Fertility Rate</category><category>Population</category></item><item><title>UNDER THE ETERNAL SKY — Part 1: Jaywalking in Mongolia
Be sure...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/26ccda582a59acbbf526cd57da21ffb2/tumblr_mfzz39jVx51ql1sf9o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;UNDER THE ETERNAL SKY — Part 1: Jaywalking in Mongolia&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be sure to check out issue number 9 of &lt;a href="http://inframevisualarts.com/" title="In Frame Visual Arts hompage" target="_blank"&gt;In Frame Visual Arts magazine&lt;/a&gt;, either at &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=iris+gillispie&amp;rh=i%3Aaps,k%3Airis+gillispie&amp;ajr=0" title="IFVA Amazon" target="_self"&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Iris-Gillispie?store=allproducts&amp;keyword=Iris+Gillispie" title="IVFA B&amp;N" target="_blank"&gt;Barnes &amp; Noble&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/491665" title="IFVA MagCloud" target="_blank"&gt;MagCloud&lt;/a&gt;, where you can read my piece about traveling in Mongolia. And because this is an arts magazine, there are plenty of photos in which to lose one’s self.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/39469013524</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/39469013524</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:09:09 +0900</pubDate><category>In Frame Visual Arts</category><category>IFVA</category><category>Mongolia</category><category>Jaywalking</category><category>Photography</category><category>Magazine</category><category>Travel</category><category>Travel Writing</category></item><item><title>Short Fiction: Running From the Sun</title><description>Hang up the holophone, dumb ass! Hang it up, and call her back later, Antonio’s unconscious reason...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38784788296</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38784788296</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Fiction</category><category>Short Fiction</category><category>Science Fiction</category><category>God</category><category>Sun</category><category>Running</category></item><item><title>"There is the sun; I do not know how many thousands of times the sun is bigger than the earth, and..."</title><description>“There is the sun; I do not know how many thousands of times the sun is bigger than the earth,...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38622550332</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38622550332</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:05:51 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself ... 63 Times</title><description>Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself ... 63 Times: From The Weekly Standard:

President...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38617340351</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/38617340351</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:12:30 +0900</pubDate><category>Obama</category><category>Inouye</category><category>The Weekly Standard</category><category>Narcissism</category><category>Politics</category></item><item><title>"Once a person or group is properly demonized, the chains of morality fall from the Leftist’s..."</title><description>“Once a person or group is properly demonized, the chains of morality fall from the Leftist’s...</description><link>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/35477448876</link><guid>http://oakenquill.tumblr.com/post/35477448876</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:36:34 +0900</pubDate><category>Leftist</category><category>Machiavelli</category><category>evil</category><category>politics</category><category>ideology</category><category>religion</category></item></channel></rss>
