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Sunday’s Best: A Day Late but Not a Dollar Short
Yesterday was the beginning of Advent; it was also a solid day in the Sunday funnies. The snow is already falling in Charles Schulz’s classic Peanuts. For some reason, the final panel struck me as being particularly funny (which is … Continue reading
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In the Darkness, Waiting (Advent Week One)
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, which marks the beginning of a new year in the church calendar. (Last Sunday was Christ the King Sunday, a recent addition to the church calendar that mostly only liturgical churches celebrate.) As … Continue reading
Quick Thoughts on Hamnet
Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet is the kind of movie where the whole thing really depends on the final act. Most of the movie keeps its two leads apart, with Jessie Buckley’s Agnes Shakespeare at “home” and Paul Mescal’s Will Shakespeare living … Continue reading
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Waking Up the Dead
I’m curious to see what Christian writers will have to say about the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man. It’s the find of movie that will likely infuriate one end of the spectrum and bring out some misguided … Continue reading
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On Best-Laid Plans
I had really hoped to be writing a blog post or two from Victoria, Canada (my mostly-regular Thanksgiving weekend haunt), but alas, even the best-laid plans fall apart. In my case, it was a mechanical issue with the plane (still … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: Sunday with Pizzazz
Today’s a solid day in the Sunday funnies. Calvin and Hobbes featured another “sigh” moment from Calvin that has some great visuals (and a good response from Calvin’s mom). Technology played a fun role in both Peppermint Patty’s view of … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: What Dreams May Come?
I recently finished A Pilgrimage into Letting Go by Andrew and Kara Root. It’s an interesting gloss on Hartmut Rosa’s thinking about the (un)controllability of the world. Today’s Sunday-sized Frazz has some nice overlap with Rosa’s thinking, too.
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Sunday’s Best: The Crust of the Matter
Today’s Frazz comic by Jef Mallett leaves with something to think about. Turns out the crust really does matter but it’s also something often taken for granted (and perhaps why it’s the one thing left to mess around with at … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: Spice of the Season
There’s a little bit of seasonal humor in the air in the Sunday funnies. Today’s FoxTrot is all about the spice, pumpkin spice, that is. It’s not something that I find particularly appealing, but it’s definitely become part of culture … Continue reading
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Maintenance Work
Week two of fall break has felt significantly different than week one. Week on was full of movies; week two has been full of board/dice games. Week one was about wrapping up the first quarter; week two has been about … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 