You’ve found it. The home of the Dancing Calf and Dennis Mitton. We write lots here, lots of stuff on lots of topics.
The Church of the Dancing Calf is three things:
- it’s the place where I put every scrap I can find of everything I’ve ever written.
- It’s the place where I post regularly about things I’m interested in, and
- It’s a place where the Dancing Calf has free reign, kicking his heels in joy, and making lots of noise.
The Site
I won’t say it’s an easy site to navigate. Anything I publish gets a place in the library, in order of publication. In most cases, essays are posted on their category page, too, in an effort to make them easier to find. If you’re really lost, use the search button. It looks like a magnifying glass. If you can’t wade through, that’s okay. Keep poking and you’ll find something.
Writing
I write lots. And break a lot of rules. Even when every bit of blogging advice I’ve ever read tells me to laser in on one infinitesimal topic and drill down as far as I can. Instead, I write about whatever I feel like that day. I call it the Da Vinci Disease: it’s when you’re so interested in almost everything that, well…in real life, it’s called being a jack of all trades and a master at none.
On Christianity
I’m most interested in Christian things. In one sense, every question and every answer is theology, but what most interests me is discovering how to live a transcendent life with the transcendent G of the universe. Along with faith, I’m interested in books, and writing, and in making things. And in science. I’m a molecular biologist by training and have been fascinated by evolution since I was a kids. My juxtaposition of science and faith confuses some people, but I live and study and think about things based on Augustine’s dictum that all truth is G’s truth.
Monthly giveaway
Once a month, I give away a book. These are books I’ve read that will likely have notes in the margins and underlined sentences. I have boxes of these things and fill a cubby on a bookshelf with them. Around the first of each month, I ask the girls to get a book off the shelf and mail it to a randomly selected follower. It might be about woodwork or a writer’s biography, or it might be a piece of classic or new literature. Maybe you’ll love it, or maybe you’ll use it the shore up your office garbage can. It will probably have the prettiest spine and cover of my books at the time of choosing.
On Money
I am an Amazon Affiliate member. This means that when you read a book review on my site, and click “See More at Amazon,” the Internet magically whisks you to Amazon, and, if you purchase said book, I receive a token kickback from Jeff Bezos. Do this ten times, and maybe I get enough change for a cuppa stale coffee at the local diner. I also send manuscripts out for publication, and these kind folks often send me a few bucks.
Nothing on the site costs, and there are no membership tiers. I will, though, try to wrangle an email address out of you. If you honor me with your email address, I’ll let you know when I publish something and will send you an occasional newsletter.
I would love your support. If you are so inclined, you can donate to me in the right-hand sidebar where it says Donate. Weird how it works that way. If you don’t donate, I still like you and will still be nice to you. You can still have access to everything, and the site will work for you just like it does for other people. Want more on money? See the Money Page here.
Some more things you might be interested in:
The rules of engagement.
A list of questions I’m often asked.
Huh? Why a dancing calf?
What to get in touch? Email me at writer@churchofthedanvingcalf.com.