About

I’m a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (M.A.R. Biblical Studies) and now working on a PhD.

The title of this blog, which comes from one my favorite Bach cantatas (“Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe” = “I stand with one foot in the grave”), is supposed to encapsulate some of the joy and pain and upsidedown-ness of the Christian life, of living in the world but not of the world, loving this world but holding it with open hands, remaining engaged with life while remembering that it is finite and provisional.  In Paul’s words,

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7: 29-31)

I see pretty much everything through this lens, but blog about a range of things, serious and superficial.  Your comments are welcome!