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On Ascension Day
In the Eastertide narrative, today marks Ascension Day, forty days after Jesus’ resurrection and ten days before Pentecost. Erik Varden reflects well on the day in Entering the Twofold Mystery when, using Luke’s account of the moment in the book … Continue reading
Cinematic Stakes
I caught a late-afternoon screening of The Fall Guy yesterday. It is a great movie, one that works on practically every level. It really is the kind of movie you really want people to see: it’s funny, thoughtful, action-packed, and … Continue reading
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On “Living Vastly”
I appreciate how well Erik Varden works with phrases: both how he unpacks them and how he coins them. Consider a recent reflection on “living vastly“ (his words, not mine). First, he mentions the source of his reflection: a prayer … Continue reading
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Some End-of-April Book Notes
Back during Lent, one of my plans was to read shorter books only. And I kept that, for the most part, which was nice. Since then, though, I’ve taken the plunge with a few longer books (and one short book … Continue reading
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Beating Death at Its Own Game
Eastertide continues, of course, up until Pentecost, which is just under a month away. Here’s another great Easter song. Andrew Peterson did that rare but great thing (almost George Lucas-like) by releasing Resurrection Letters Volume One years before releasing Volume … Continue reading
Forty-Eight and Four Squares
Today is Birthday 48 for me. Not quite as cool a number as 47, which is prime , or as 49, which only has three factors, but it is what it is. I’m hopeful for a mostly normal day: early … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Crouch, Easter, Erik Varden, Four Squares, Steven Curtis Chapman
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“In the Valley of the Shadow”
A great song to remind us that Eastertide continues.
The Tension of Enchantment
This semester in class we’ve started each period with a reading from the New Testament letter of James and prayer. This week, as we’ve come to the end of the letter, we’ve read and briefly talked about what James says … Continue reading
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The Deity and the Details
A couple of weeks ago, back in my fifth Lenten reflection using Erik Varden’s The Shattering of Loneliness, I mentioned his use of the church father Irenaeus, particularly his “notion of God and man getting used to each other.” I … Continue reading
Eastertide
Yesterday, a week after Easter Sunday, church was mostly “back to normal.” Which is both understandable and unfortunate. At least with some version of Advent, and the desire to keep the tree up a little bit longer, Christmas gets to … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 