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On Education and the Integrated Life
From a funeral homily for an educator recently posted to First Things on education and “the integrated life”: Genuine education promotes an integration of life in which the claims of the intellect find a complementary formation of virtue. When these … Continue reading
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Restoring Membership?
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to post some thoughts that hit all around the question of the self and the Christian community. This has been particularly interesting for me during this season of Lent, when much … Continue reading
Concerning the Second Sunday of Lent
We are now well into the second full week of the Lenten season. Last week I wrote a bit about the first Sunday of Lent and the two sermons that I heard that day (connecting them with some of my … Continue reading
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A Song of Significant Days
It’s a good (but all too rare) thing to find good music that you just have to sit with for a while. That’s the case with this second song from Andrew Peterson’s Resurrection Letters: Prologue ep. Plus it’s a nice … Continue reading
Moving Like Lightning
This week’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (besides being the only scripted show for me to watch this week) was a nice, Groundhog’s Day episode that worked well at humanizing one of the “colder” members of the cast. And while the … Continue reading
Calendar, Man
Yesterday I posted some reflections on the first Sunday of Lent and how even my own mental picture the Christian season of preparation before Easter might have to change . . . or not. At the heart of this, as … Continue reading
The Many Deaths of Lent
Turns out the first casualty of Lent 2018 was Jesus. Let me explain. I heard two high quality sermons on the first Sunday on Lent. On Sunday morning, I heard a great sermon rooted in the prophet’s vision in Isaiah … Continue reading
Lewis and the “Nasty People”
A few days ago I was reflecting on the place of the (Christian) seeker in the midst of other Christians who may no longer really be seeking much of anything (at least in some existential way). This is not to … Continue reading
Imagination Under Fire?
After the fourth grade-level camp of the year, I made my way to the theater to catch a showing of (the very well-made) Black Panther. Lots of good trailers beforehand. One that wasn’t there, though, was the March-dropping Ready Player … Continue reading
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As the Journey to Resurrection Begins
Andrew Peterson will be releasing his long-awaited Resurrection Letters: Volume One at the end of March (and in time for the beginning of the Easter season). For the season of Lent, though, he has released a “prologue” EP, which dropped … Continue reading
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