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Narcotics, Chesterton, and Two Reasons for Repeating
I recently sat through a meeting I am sure I have had at least two times before . . . and almost nothing seemed to have changed in the intervening years. It was a sad and frustrating moment that left … Continue reading
Miller and the Question of Contentment
Lately I’ve been spending a lot more time at home. I still make it to the gym and get to church a couple of times a week and enjoy talking to my students and neighbor, but for the most part, … Continue reading
October 19th is Finally Here!
For many of us, today has been at least 3 months in the waiting. NBC has been trying to figure out what to do with its current Thursday night line-up for some time now. Lots of half-seasons and strange season … Continue reading
Keller and the Collective Heart
I’ve not read much by Tim Keller, pastor of the Redeemer Church in New York, but I am definitely a fan of his most recent blog entry, “Preaching to the Collective Heart.” In the entry, Keller writes about how some … Continue reading
Nouwen and the “Real Life” Fallacy
One of the phrases that frustrates me most as a teacher always starts “but in the real world. . .” I understand the idea, that you want to expose students to situations and problems that they will come across once … Continue reading
The Narrative Hope of Little Inferno
I entered the Tomorrow Corporation’s World of Goo on the word of Tom Bissell in this Grantland article on iPad games. I found it to be everything that Bissell said it was: “a more beautiful, involving, and enchanting puzzler” than … Continue reading
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On Ents and Trees
I’ve been turning something over in my mind lately, like a diamond in the light, trying to see something. Something about life and story and speaking into and out of both of them. In the midst of this my mind … Continue reading
30 Rock -30-
IT’S NOT OVER until Andy Greenwald writes about it. At least that’s how I feel about NBC’s Thursday night comedy For most of 2012, Greenwald wrote about 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Community; I shared many of … Continue reading
Remembering 30 Rock (The Series that Reaganed)
NBC’S 30 ROCK wrapped up a seven-season run last night. It’s been one of my favorite shows for most of my time in Hawaii, and I’m sad to see it go. There’s been a lot of reflecting on the series, … Continue reading
Paperman! See All About It!
MISSING DISNEY’S WRECK-IT RALPH means you also (probably) missed Paperman, the preceding animated short. That’s a shame, and not just because Wreck-It Ralph was series of character twists and emotional turns. Paperman was everything most Pixar shorts are and more, … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 