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A Song for Christmas
It’s Christmas Day, and there’s a song I love to share for the occasion: It builds in intensity and complexity, which is always a good thing. And it is a good reminder of the God who is with us. Merry … Continue reading
Waiting for the God Who is Already Here
Once again, Advent is coming to an end and I feel like I didn’t quite do it right. That’s mostly normal for me. This year I had hoped to blog my way through one of my favorite books in 2023: … Continue reading
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Travel Bits
A month has passed since I made my way to Victoria, BC for what has become something of an annual tradition for me. (Pictures can be found to the right.) When I travel, I try and keep three things in … Continue reading
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Isaiah 40 and Advent
Isaiah 40 is no stranger to the Advent season. It’s also part of the culture of the school where I teach. But I recently had a “fresh eyes” experience of one particular part of the chapter when I saw it … Continue reading
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Advent as a Time for Waiting
Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. I’ve been writing about Advent off and on for over a decade, which points towards how resonant the idea of Advent is for me (particularly since I’m not a member of a liturgical … Continue reading
“Made for People” Redux
Back in August I wrote a few posts about Justin Whitmel Earley’s Made for People. I enjoyed the book so much that I did a short seminar on it for some students at school a few weeks ago. Instead of … Continue reading
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“Full of a Beautiful Gloom”
I’m not totally sure what to make of this recent Plough essay by Clare Coffey, but I know that I like a lot of it. In the piece, Coffey tries to tackle the weird “vibe” that takes us through autumn, … Continue reading
The Doctor at Sixty
It’s sobering to think that ten years have passed since “The Day of the Doctor.” But it has. And a few hours from now, the first of three “60th Anniversary Specials” will drop on Disney+ (something else that is sobering … Continue reading
On England and Scotland
If you scroll down and look to the right, you’ll see that I’ve finally updated my Flickr account with a handful of pictures from my recent school trip to England and Scotland. The trip was good, with an almost identical … Continue reading
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A Summary of Things
Brad East, of Abilene Christian University, has a knack for observation and summary. Case in point: today’s blog post titled “A Loosening.” The premise? It seems to me there has been, in the past twenty years, what I’m going to … Continue reading
