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Songs When Together
So it’s an hour before midnight, and we’re headed back to the classroom tomorrow. We’ll have 4x as many students on campus as we did just prior to break, so it’s a new version of uncharted territory. I’m thinking about … Continue reading
Like Yesterday, but with Better Resolution
Looks like U2 will be dropping more goodies between now and the 20th anniversary re-release of All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Here’s a cleaned up clip of the band performing “Beautiful Day” from Boston in 2001. The heart-shaped stage … Continue reading
“Of Love and Thunder Deep”
From a recent chapel at Baylor University:
Resuming the Race
After twenty-two months since filming completed, the newest season of The Amazing Race is almost ready to air. Good grief! But better late than never. After having a number of two-cycles-a-season years and being moved to one-cycle-a-season, the show’s 32nd … Continue reading
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The Problem with Perfect
There’s this moment in every season of Big Brother where they have a “double-eviction” night. They basically run two weeks of game play in one evening. From an audience perspective, it’s intense. From a player’s perspective? I can’t imagine. We … Continue reading
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Reconsiderations
One of the things that a longer break can allow for is a certain amount of reflection and reconsideration. That’s something needed for Our Current Moment, I think. So much of the last six months has been about trying to … Continue reading
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Walking into the Break
Playing this one going into the break. It’s a remastered version of “Walk On” in celebration of the 20th anniversary re-release of All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Definitely makes you feel old. And while it’s one of my favorites, … Continue reading
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Almost Break
We’re less than 24 hours away from fall break. One more set of classes, one last round of grading, some slides to put together for when we return. And that’s about it. For the most part. In general. Because of … Continue reading
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Being Bodies
A couple of days ago I mentioned listening to sermons and talks while getting some grading done. Here’s another one that I listened to recently by Ephraim Radner. In many ways, he’s quite different from some of the other writers/pastors/teachers … Continue reading
Learning while Grading
It’s the end of the quarter, which means grades are almost due. It’s nice to listen to sermon and interviews while taking care of things. One that I listened to today was this recent interview with James K. A. Smith … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 