Zak Schmoll 2/20/21 Zak Schmoll 2/20/21

The Council of Orange: Necessarily Exclusionary

Exclusion makes us uncomfortable, but we cannot have a group like this without it.

Zak Schmoll 2/13/21 Zak Schmoll 2/13/21

TexMoot 2021: My First Conference Presentation

Some brief reflections on my presentation from earlier today.

Zak Schmoll 1/30/21 Zak Schmoll 1/30/21

I'm Publishing a Book!

I'm so excited to publish Disability and the Problem of Evil with Public Philosophy Press.

Zak Schmoll 1/23/21 Zak Schmoll 1/23/21

The Council of Orange

Committing to the pursuit of greatness

Zak Schmoll 1/16/21 Zak Schmoll 1/16/21

A Better Conversation

Asking interpretive questions provides a better conversational foundation than “my truth.”

Zak Schmoll 1/1/21 Zak Schmoll 1/1/21

Why I Don't Make Resolutions

Honestly, who knows what will happen in the next year?

Zak Schmoll 12/29/20 Zak Schmoll 12/29/20

2020: A Positive Review

Let's focus on the good that happened this year.

Zak Schmoll 12/20/20 Zak Schmoll 12/20/20

The Biggest Surprise of My First Semester Teaching

Preparing to write a paper and preparing to lead a discussion are completely different things.

Zak Schmoll 12/15/20 Zak Schmoll 12/15/20

The Top Eight Books I Read in 2020

I read a lot of books this year. Here are my favorites.

Zak Schmoll 12/6/20 Zak Schmoll 12/6/20

The Challenge of Intellectual Honesty

Being intellectually honest can be scary, especially in a culture of cancellation.

Zak Schmoll 11/28/20 Zak Schmoll 11/28/20

Fear Has No Place in the Academy

Fear brings out either totalitarian or paralytic impulses that need to be avoided at all costs.

Zak Schmoll 11/22/20 Zak Schmoll 11/22/20

A Writer's Regret

This is what happens when I look at something I wrote a few years ago.

Zak Schmoll 11/16/20 Zak Schmoll 11/16/20

Living in the Truth: The Life of the Christian Intellectual

A call to pursue the truth

Zak Schmoll 11/14/20 Zak Schmoll 11/14/20

More Time for Leisure

Learning to appreciate the wholeness of creation.

Zak Schmoll 11/1/20 Zak Schmoll 11/1/20

Writing When You Don't Feel Like It

Sometimes my creative energies just aren't flowing…

Zak Schmoll 10/22/20 Zak Schmoll 10/22/20

Teaching Makes Me Nervous

Even though I am confident in my ability, teaching brings with it a burden of responsibility.

Zak Schmoll 10/20/20 Zak Schmoll 10/20/20

Reading What I Want To

The joys of being able to read whatever I want, whenever I want.

Zak Schmoll 10/8/20 Zak Schmoll 10/8/20

Defending My Dissertation

A look inside my mind as I prepared for my dissertation defense.