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Waking Up to The Force
Having read none of the “previously canonical” post-ROTJ novels or comics, the stakes are pretty low for me going into this one. Which isn’t to say that I don’t care a great bit. Even though the prequels have set … Continue reading
Yes, I Want to Thank Someone
Few songs get it as right as Andrew Peterson’s “Don’t You Want to Thank Someone,” and I’m thankful that he has put together a video for it, even though it’s an edit (the original is almost 10 minutes long). I … Continue reading
All Things in Context
So I bought my last “early showing” ticket to a Peter Jackson/JRR Tolkien movie last night. And this morning I come across this “super-trailer.” It’s good seeing things in context. And while it gets a number of great moments from … Continue reading
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Being on Someone’s Side, in Good or Bad
Friendship in the grown-up world is still something of mystery to me, but I am thankful for the music of Andrew Osenga, which often reminds me of the challenge to love and be loved.
Singing Middle-Earth Goodbye
It’s nice to have one last song for the series, and extremely nice that the accompanying video brings in clips from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Looking forward to see how the saga comes to an end … Continue reading
One More Weekend with The Doctor
Last week brought the season’s ending for Doctor Who. It didn’t bring me the frustration the I feel whenever a season ends with some “reboot” of the timeline, but it also didn’t bring me the satisfaction that I often feel, … Continue reading
Fiction Writing and Real Living
Near the end of my college career, I took a fiction-writing class. It was not my crowning college achievement. I wrote one pedantic short story about some college student taking the bus home only to . . . well, I … Continue reading
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Short Story Time with Dave Eggers
This past fall break I had the opportunity to see Dave Eggers in conversation with Tobias Wolff. It became the highlight of my first-ever trip to San Francisco (don’t get me wrong- walking the Golden Gate Bridge was great, but … Continue reading
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Holding It All Together
One of the best seminary lectures I ever sat through was a one-off given by a graduate student trying out his skills for a Systematic Theology class. He asked us to list off all of the different terms used in … Continue reading
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With 12 Notes, 6 Strings, and a Million Little Mysteries
I am so thankful for musicians and the music they find and make and share. Andrew Peterson’s music has been a big part of my life’s soundtrack these last few years, so any new music from his is always … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 