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Go for the Landscape, Stay for the Landscape
One of the side-effects of lockdown has been the transformation of my Twitter feed into a running journal of hiking through the Lake District and the highlands of Scotland. Which means I’m pretty excited about All Creatures Great and Small … Continue reading
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We Are Not Stretch Armstrong
Today was the first day of the week that I didn’t go home nursing a headache. Each day has been packed. Things came to a bit of a respite today now that my chapel talk for next week has been … Continue reading
Posted in Notes for a World's End, Teaching
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A Bit on Meaning
I’ve been thinking a lot about meaning these last few weeks, these last few days in particular. It seems to me that meaning comes from many different sources: God, family, friendship, and work, to name a few. It also seems … Continue reading
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On the Twelfth Night
Today is the twelfth, and final, day of Christmas. The older I get, the more I like the idea of twelve days of Christmas following the season of Advent, and not just because it “prolongs” things. There’s almost no way … Continue reading
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Christmastide’s End
The twelve days of Christmas are coming to an end. And while I do have some reflections on the season, I thought I’d share one more song clip before the clock marks the end of the first day of the … Continue reading
“Upon Further Reflection”
This time last week I was wrapping up a mini-retreat at a hotel a little closer to the water. It’s the second time that I’d done it this year. The first was earlier in the school year, when I was … Continue reading
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“You Can Only Take So Much”
“Walk On” has been one of my favorite U2 songs for two decades now. So it was a bit of a surprise when I came across this recent rendition of the song by Bono and the Edge and heard the … Continue reading
Screwtape and the Spiritual Life
I’ve been on a C. S. Lewis kick these last couple of months. It started with finally getting around to reading his Reflections on the Psalms. Definitely not the book I thought it would be, but brilliant nonetheless. Then I … Continue reading
The Times of Your Life
Yesterday was “Christ the King” Sunday in many churches across the world (though many other churches across America probably celebrated Thanksgiving early instead). As I understand it, the day is a comparatively recent addition to the liturgical calendar. The Sunday … Continue reading
“Though the Fig Tree…”
It’s just Tuesday, but boy has it been a week. I found good comfort in today’s reading from the Old Testament book of Habakkuk. The minor prophet had this to say as his book drew to a close with its … Continue reading
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