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Shakespeare’s Hint
Last night we stayed in Stratford-upon-Avon. In our hotel, many of the room’s were named for people and places from the Bard’s many tales. This was my room. Not quite sure what Shakespeare might be trying to say. . . … Continue reading
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Ambleside Ramble
The last two days have been spent in the Lake District, ye olde stomping grounds of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. The weather has been great, even if the fog kept us off Lake Windermere until the afternoon. We did get … Continue reading
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Big Sky over Texas
So I’m on my way to England with a gaggle of students and chaperones. Our first layover is in Dallas-Fort Worth. Was nice flying over the Ballpark at Arlington and Six Flags. Good times. And now the promise of some … Continue reading
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Final Prep for the Doctor
Doctor Who series nine premieres this weekend. Earlier this week, the BBC released a “prelude” to the season that takes us back to an interesting location and gives us some interestingly vague dialogue. Love the line at the end about … Continue reading
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The Last Will and Testament of the Doctor
We’re just a few days away from the beginning of the fall television season. It kicks of for me on the 19th with the new season of Doctor Who (BBC America via iTunes). A new trailer for the series was … Continue reading
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The Joy of Teaching
What started out as a quote about the particular love of teaching turned into a call for something more from pastors. From VanHoozer and Strachan’s The Pastor as Public Theologian: Stanley Woodworth, my high school French teacher, once described the … Continue reading
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The Form of a Good Life
Author and blogger Rod Dreher has spent the last couple of weeks reflecting on and writing about the passing of his father. Dreher returned home to Louisiana a few years ago (after a number of years abroad) because of the … Continue reading
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A Close Reading of David Foster Wallace
Reading non-fiction in a big deal in high school these days. It’s a large part of what the testing is all about. And as a child of the 80s and 90s, I’ve always understood that reading was fundamental. But teaching … Continue reading
A Sort Of Wizards Duel
This week some of my students will start to read C. S. Lewis’s “The Weight of Glory.” Every year I read it with my students, I seem to find something new or just askew enough to strike me deeply. The … Continue reading
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The (Star Wars) Land We Leave Behind
One of the odd sensations of apocalyptic storytelling comes from seeing normal places you have known transfigured by whatever forces have defeated the world. The Statue of Liberty. The White House and Washington Monument. Mount Rushmore. The Eiffel Tower. Big … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 