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Between Vigilance and Vengeance
We’re two episodes away from the end of the first season of The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime. It’s been a fun 6 episodes so far, putting to the screen characters and locations that have mostly only resided in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, Television
Tagged JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power
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Happy Birthday, Bilbo
It’s that time of year again, when Bilbo Baggins’s birthday comes back around. It’s always worth revisiting this clip from The Fellowship of the Ring: In line with this Tolkien moment, we’re halfway through the first season of The Rings … Continue reading
One More for Rich
Yesterday I posted a link to a recent piece about the 25th anniversary of the death of Rich Mullins. The folks over at First Things also posted an article. The piece, written by Bethel McGrew, also includes links to multiple … Continue reading
25 Years after Rich
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Rich Mullins. To mark the occasion, a number of artists got together to record a variety of his songs for the Bellsburg album. The Kickstarter project also gave backers access to … Continue reading
On Tour with Tuor
There was a time where I thought this summer would be the time to reread the Lord of the Rings. I even packed my bags in preparation for it. But to read LOTR is no small task, not something to … Continue reading
Stranger Thors
This past week was an interesting one with popular long-form storytelling. I was able to catch the final two episodes of Stranger Things 4 while also watching the fourth Thor movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While I enjoyed them … Continue reading
The Three Movements of This Summer
Today marks the beginning of the “third movement” of summer 2022 for me. My summer officially started after our commencement service back in the first weekend of June. From there, the summer divided itself neatly into three movements. The first … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Recovery Journal, Scripture, Teaching
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Out to Pasture
This short and recent piece by Alan Jacobs is about conservatism, but I can’t help but think it’s also true about so much more (like church or education). It’s an interesting slant on ancient imagery about sheep, shepherds, and sheepdogs. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Notes for a World's End, Recovery Journal, Teaching
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Checking In
These first couple of weeks of summer vacation have been a little twisty. Good, but twisty. It’s taken some time for me to get used to the sun rising so early and setting so late. It’s almost like I’ve not … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Recovery Journal, Television
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Adding a Category
A few days ago I mentioned “two weeks, two months” as a kind of framework for my summer. Two weeks for the school year to officially wrap. And then, with some overlap, two months before the next school year starts. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Recovery Journal, The Long Story
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