Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

March 29, 2012

On Faith as the Expression of the Whole Person

Faith is the expression of the entire person. It is a unity of the body, soul and spirit; it is a unity of the whole. If […]
March 22, 2012

On the Futility of the Futile Question

You need to recognize when your mental gears are “grinding” and you need to stop and ask why. Most of the time just “pushing through” yields […]
March 21, 2012

On the Limits of Prose

The irony in all of this detailed academic writing is that what I want to say most cannot be said in direct prose. It cannot be […]
March 16, 2012

On the Danger of Eras in Academic Writing

Beware of eras in academic writing. When an academic proposes that a particular field has gone through a series of eras, she is potentially rewriting history. […]
March 13, 2012

On Technology and the Automated Mess

In the world of technology we have forgotten the significance of a simple tool. A simple tool like a written list – if it is the […]
March 9, 2012

On the Epistemology Beneath our “Epistemology”

Epistemology is a nefarious concept. You necessarily start with an implied epistemology in order to reflect on a potentially “truer” epistemology – in this way your […]
March 2, 2012

On Faith as the Charge of the Whole Person

The church (quite naturally) encourages faith on the part of its constituents. But faith is not the absence of doubt. Indeed, doubt is not the opposite […]