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Singing as Responsive Confession
A few weeks ago, particularly the Saturday before Easter, I posted a video of Andrew Peterson’s “Is He Worthy?” video “sight unseen.” As many others, I did my best to hold off on listening to Resurrection Letters Vol. 1 until … Continue reading
Twisting and Turning in Time
I spent most of today (except when mowing and weed-eating the yard) reading the third and final volume in N. D. Wilson’s Outlaws of Time series: The Last of the Lost Boys. Even though the second book in the series, … Continue reading
Broadening the (Jurassic) World
If nothing else, the latest (and final) trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has definitely told a lot more story than that first trailer (which seemed to take place solely on the island from the first movie. The question is: … Continue reading
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“Not the only or the easiest way . . .”
Yesterday’s post of Charles Wright reading “Jesuit Graves” got me in the mood for listening to other authors reading their works. I mentioned Wendell Berry, whose essays and poetry I’ve enjoyed immensely over the last five years (and yet I … Continue reading
“For those who would rise . . .”
National Poetry Month is about half-over. The English department at school has been making copies of their favorite poems available to students as they walk by particular classrooms, which is a great idea. For me these days, I find myself … Continue reading
Settling Into a Quiet Place
The folks at Vanity Fair recently posted a great clip of John Krasinski “breaking down” of the earliest scenes of his recent movie, A Quiet Place. The movie really is as good as reviews are saying. I think I had … Continue reading
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Where All Roads Lead?
There’s this semi-interesting online debate about whether Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is the best superhero show on network television or the worst. I’m not quite sure how I feel about the conversation. While the show hasn’t quite fit the niche … Continue reading
Run, Barry, Run (2018 Edition)
The Flash returned with new episodes last night. And while it definitely had a “villain-of-the-week” vibe (as is often the case with superhero shows), it also had some nice, not-so-subtle moments that moved the story forward in interesting directions. Marlize … Continue reading
Thinking about Education
Today I had the opportunity to lead out in our school’s annual “faith issues” workshop. One of the aims of the meeting, at least from my perspective, is to continue the conversation of faith integration. The folks over at Comment … Continue reading
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Solo Story Glory
The second full trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story had to do one thing: make the movie much bigger and louder and unexpected that what we saw of the Super Bowl trailer a few months ago. Here’s what we … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 