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A Song That Blesses
This week there’s been one song in particular that has been a blessing to me as I cleaned my classroom and planned for next semester and walked through downtown Honolulu. This is Mission House’s “Good God.” It hits the right … Continue reading
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SHIELD on the Island
Last day of June, as crazy as that sounds. In just a few hours we start the second half of 2020. Lots of fears (and jokes, for some) about what the next few months might bring. We are in uncharted … Continue reading
NT Wright and Covidtide
Today I received my copy of N. T. Wright’s God and the Pandemic (many thanks to the folks at Hearts and Minds Books in Pennsylvania for the amazing service). It’s a tiny book, clocking in at just over 70 pages. … Continue reading
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This morning I finished reading Ross Douthat’s The Decadent Society. I mentioned it a few days ago as a book I’d set aside with the advent of Covid but had finally gotten back around to reading. It’s a good read, … Continue reading
Espionage in the Days of Disco
Today has been a day! It started before the crack of dawn with the second Zoom meeting for my summer audit class, Pastoral Ministry in the Modern Novel. Today we discussed what we had learned from Cry, the Beloved Country … Continue reading
“Turn, Turn, Turn” Again
The local ABC affiliate decided to preempt this week’s Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, which left me with some time to watch the first big turning point in the series’ seven season run. So after a nice walk down the hill … Continue reading
From the Mountain to the Sea
Earlier this month the folks at Princeton University Press released a book by John Garth detailing the locations that likely inspired different aspects of JRR Tolkien’s imagination and writings. Sometimes it feels like about-Tolkien books are a dime a dozen, … Continue reading
Diagnosing Decadence
Earlier this week I posted a classic Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strip having to do with perspective, particularly what happens Calvin tries to “engage” his dad in some kind of “minor debate.” It’s a visually brilliant strip that points to … Continue reading
Mountains Again
Appropriate for today for many reasons, I think.
SHIELD’s Own Endgame?
Things with Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD took an interesting turn this week. It looks like we’re spending roughly two episodes in each time period, and each time period is revealing more of the thread that entwines SHIELD and Hydra. So … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 