Welcome! I’m Scott Postma and this is where I blog about various ideas I’m wrestling with, usually related to faith, culture, or creativity. These posts are mere seedlings that I hope one day sprout into something worthy of publication, so if you’re interested in reading my more developed thoughts, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter that I write on Substack called, Rumbling Toward Heaven. Because ideas have consequences, and the truth of matters is best conceived in dialectic, I invite you to engage in the conversation by leaving a comment when you read something of interest.
As for me, I’m a writer, teacher and bibliophile living in the chimney of Idaho with my bride of more than 30 years. We have four grown children and more than a handful of grandchildren whom we adore.
In addition to blogging here, I practice the ancient art of Tsundoku, edit The Consortium: A Journal of Classical Christian Education, serve as the President and CEO of Kepler Education, and lead the Poiema Reading Society.
Because of my other work, I am present on social media. But for a number of reasons, I strive to limit my engagement mostly to Instagram and LinkedIn.
I earned a doctorate in humane letters with an emphasis in literature (Ph.D., Faulkner University), a master’s degree in Christian and classical studies (M.A., Knox Theological Seminary), and my undergrad work was in religion and literature (B. S., Liberty University), and creative writing (A.A., College of Southern Nevada).
I have now spent nearly 30 years in Christian education and twenty of those years in pastoral ministry. Prior to that, I did a four-year stint in the Air Force at the close of the Cold War Era and during Operations Just Cause and Desert Shield.
You can download my full CV here.
As I’ve now shared a little about me, I am reminded how C.S. Lewis once said, “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
So, if you’re the kind of person who enjoys reading good books—especially with a pipe in your teeth and pencil in your hand—wants to cultivate the life of your mind and pursue all that is good, true, and beautiful, then I hope you’ll consider yourself among friends.
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