Bradley Wright's Blog

I've been enjoying reading the blog getreligion.org . A thoughtful analysis of faith & various social and political issues. Earlier ...

With the semester going, I am in full lecture-writing mode. Usually, I write the lecture first and then look for illustrations for each of t...

Last Wednesday I posted on the issue of selection and causation effects in general. Both Kent and Mat commented on the applicability of them...

Today was pinewood derby day for Floyd (who is a proud cub scout). We built the car together, his mother helped him with the painting (flam...

This week the folks at Willow Creek Church who did the Reveal Study flew me out to talk with them. They'll be posting some of our conver...

Some of the most interesting puzzles for sociologists have to do with differences between groups of people, and two common explanations for ...

Periodically I hear professors talk about what makes for a good teacher, at least a well-received teacher. Several common explanations inclu...

I've been thinking about the use of statistics in public sociology--using research to inform people outside of academics. It occurs to m...

Last Sunday I told the boys that it was time for church. They looked up with me with big, concerned eyes and explained that Ghostbusters was...

Here's a picture from a snowy day. I'm at the bottom of the hill, and the runner ran up the hill in the snow. At top she turned to l...

Here's an interesting table from a report from Lifeway Research . It's based on a survey of about 500 adults who used to attend a pr...

Here's an interesting paper by an economist, Michael McBride, at UC Irvine. He addresses the issue of whether religious participation sh...

Click on this picture ... I think that there's a deeper theological truth to what happens (notice who wins), but I just find it funny. S...

At the grocery store today I used a rain check for 50% of kids vitamins (actually, all four of us take them because they taste good). The v...

Cathy is in the other room cheering and crying for the Packers in their game against Seattle. You can take the women out of Wisconsin, but n...

Over the holidays, Day Myers posted some interesting thoughts about grading. When I started off teaching, I thought that tough grading was t...

Last Sunday morning, the sun came up under the clouds, and it light up the local congregational church beautifully.

Here's a short film about stereotypes of Arabs in films (think terrorists). The far-fetched plots and occasionally really bad acting are...

Here's a deconversion story from exchristian.net. The first paragraph: "I broke free from Christian fundamentalism in April 2006. I...

The countless hours & dollars spent on 9 years of violin lessons have finally paid off, big time. Joshua bought the XBox game Guitar Her...