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Wednesday Evening Song
A little music from the Avett Brothers to close out the middle of the week.
Turing Test in Reverse?
This week’s new Agents of SHIELD took us to Area 51 in the 1950s. There was some nice humor mixed in with this week’s hunt for the evil robots from the future. Plus there was the arrival of Agent Sousa … Continue reading
Ministry is Friendship
I’m just few hours away from the first live Zoom meeting of the course that I’m auditing this summer through my old university. I am cautiously optimistic about the opportunity. Last night I sat down to write my reflection of … Continue reading
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Strange Summer Day
Today didn’t go as I had planned at all. Last night I noticed something stuck in my right front tire: turned out to be a screw. No real leak, but you can’t be too careful. So my day started with … Continue reading
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Back to Class
When it became clear that I probably wouldn’t be traveling to Tennessee this summer, I decide to look for good ways to frame my time. Vacations are always a little tricky for me: I tend to do best when I’ve … Continue reading
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Summer Saturday
Today was the first day to try for a more normal Saturday without school and with (hopefully) a restaurant or coffee shop to use for “landing.” Yesterday I met a friend at Ala Moana Center in hopes that we would … Continue reading
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Sometimes by Step
A classic song for the end of a good but tiring school year.
Endings, Beginnings, and Endings
Today was one of those days, usual for late May but particularly potent this year, where the endings and beginnings of things kind of roll into one. Part of it for me is because I end classes with seniors earlier … Continue reading
Promising Forward
A few weeks ago Andy Crouch and the folks at Praxis wrote about the importance of promises moving forward from Our Current Moment. I wrote about it here. Alan Jacobs recently picked up on the same thread for a piece … Continue reading
Ten Years Moved On
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the series finale of LOST. It’s been a few years since I watched the show the whole way through, but I drop in to particular episodes or moments from time to time. In honor … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 