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The Journey of Lent
One last Lent-specific post for the week. From a recent essay from the folks at Public Discourse: In important ways, both the story of Jesus’ tempting by Satan and the season of Lent evoke the traditional Christian practice of pilgrimage. Pilgrimages … Continue reading
The Hunger and the Hope
This past Sunday I found myself really wanting to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi. While I enjoyed it as a theatrical release, it hasn’t really aged well on the home-player. Something about the whole Canto Bight subplot is just … Continue reading
Lent and the Unintentional Hermit
For some time now I’ve been meaning to post this quote from the beginning of Leah Libresco’s Building the Benedict Option: I’ve never felt called to imitate Saint Simeon Stylites. I’ve never sensed God calling me to build a pillar … Continue reading
Preparing for Lent
The season of Lent begins this week. It’s also one of the craziest weeks of the school year for me, which is a way of saying that there’s a good chance my mind won’t be too much on Lent. Beyond … Continue reading
Transfiguration
While it wasn’t acknowledged much in my own church besides the children’s literature for the morning, yesterday was celebrated as “Transfiguration Sunday” in many churches across the world. It’s a little like the “last breath before the plunge” that is … Continue reading
Early Running with the Doctor
2019 was supposed to be the year that I revisited some of my favorite British television. Doctor Who. Spaced. Downton Abbey. Sherlock. The movies of Edgar Wright. Simon Pegg movies not directed by Edgar Wright. The claymation of Nick Park. … Continue reading
Faring Well
Near the end of 2018, James K. A. Smith announced his departure from Comment Magazine as its editor. Each quarter, Smith would write about his perspective on some in-the-moment issues using his “World View” column, something he called “an annotated reading … Continue reading
New King on the Block
I should start by going on record as saying that one of my favorite moments in Aquaman was at the end when someone says “Hail, King Arthur!” While the world of Middle Earth is key for me, the world of Arthur’s England … Continue reading
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Writing Reflection
This past Monday I made a commitment to try and post something each day this week using Kevin Vanhoozer’s “The Drama of Discipleship” essay as a prompt. I’ve been way too sporadic with the site the last few months and … Continue reading
Strength for Today, and Bright Hope
How odd, writing about strength on a rainy Friday night at the end of a short but intense work week. But that’s the way the essay-for-reflection falls. And so the question of strength from Kevin Vanhoozer’s “The Drama of Discipleship.” … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 