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Questionable Collaboration
Like it or not, collaboration has become a mainstay in most workplaces and ministries. In many ways, this is a good thing. But then something like this happens: Points to Snoopy, who reminds us about the connection between the medium … Continue reading
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What We Hear before We See
I’m about halfway through Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. I’ve spent most of my life with a vague sense of the story. The title has been popping up here and there these last few years, including a recent … Continue reading
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Start of Summer Words
Thanks to extra concurrent-learning prep during fall break 2020, the summer vacation has started earlier for me and my co-workers. Our last official day of work was this past Friday, and that was mostly meetings and planning for said meetings. … Continue reading
Learning from a Vocational Tale
I recently got around to reading James K. A. Smith’s essay on how his sense of vocation has been changing over these last couple of years. He wrote it for Christian Century for their “How my mind has changed” topic. … Continue reading
A Quieter Place
If there’s anything that The Lord of the Rings has taught us, it’s that “Point A to Point B” stories are rarely as easy as they should be. What’s true in LOTR on the grand scale is ultimately true in … Continue reading
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The Force and the Return
I don’t do remixes often, but yesterday I came across this musical remix for the big moment at the end of The Mandalorian season two (so: spoilers). Such a great weaving together of themes. That ending is something that a … Continue reading
Last Words, First Words
Sunday was our current pastor’s last Sunday at our church. It’s been interesting, watching someone of that position leave, watching them transition from one place of living to another. Sunday was also the day of his last sermon, an exposition … Continue reading
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Question to Questions
I ended yesterday’s post with a question: what’s a leader for? It’s more of a thought-question, really, as I think that leaders are important, vital. At the same time, how things play out when leaders aren’t around can be quite … Continue reading
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Twice Bitten, Thrice Shy?
Two years ago, I was serving on two search committees. One was for our high school’s Christian Ministries coordinator, a position that had been vacant for two years and that I had helped step in to partly fill. The other … Continue reading
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Saturday at the Cinema
Life is slowly but surely returning to the movie theaters. Last week it was Tom & Jerry (not for me) that brought back some families. This week there was a new Disney animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, and … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 