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Smith and the Benedict Option
I haven’t seen much in Awaiting the King (by James K. A. Smith) that deals with Rod Dreher’s “Benedict Option” aside from one or two “so-called Benedict Option” lines. So I was a little surprised to see a longer mention … Continue reading
Our Liturgical/Political Reality
I’m slowly making my way through James K. A. Smith’s Awaiting the King, hoping to have it read through once before Thanksgiving. It’s a good read that brings a lot of threads together (along with some nice nods to pop … Continue reading
Monks without a Monastery
Joshua Gibbs, who teaches at a classical Christian school in Virginia, recently recounted what happened when he challenged his sophomore students to consider the “rule” of St. Francis in the context of adopting their own “rule” for living for one … Continue reading
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Stranger Reflections
I finished the second season of Stranger Things Tuesday night. Or rather I should say “we,” as I was grateful to get to watch the season with friends (the same from season one). That kind of thing seems only appropriate … Continue reading
Waiting for the King (but not for the book)
Thanks to the kind folks at Hearts and Minds Books, I was able to get my copy of James K. A Smith’s Awaiting the King a few days before the actual release day. And so I waited for Thor:Ragnarok by … Continue reading
Stranger Things are Yet to Come
My friends and I are just under halfway through the second season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The end of episode three was so good that the fourth episode kind of begged to be watched. It’s odd to reflect on the … Continue reading
Misery and the Absence of Company
A few days before Halloween, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat posted an op-ed that hit at something I’ve been thinking about for a while, particularly as it relates to Christian faith & practice and the seeming inability of Christians … Continue reading
Our Shared Life and the King
Part of me thinks the stakes are quite high for James K. A. Smith’s Awaiting the King. That’s partly because of the cultural and political climate in which we find ourselves. Attached to that is the seeming “attack approach” that … Continue reading
About Thinking
This morning I started my my quick second-reading of Alan Jacobs’s recent release, How to Think. Over the last two years, Jacobs’ voice has become one that I both enjoy and heed. While he doesn’t blog as much as I … Continue reading
Riding on the Trolley . . . Problem
The most recent episode of NBC’s The Good Place did a great job of revisiting some of the ethical themes of the show’s first season . . . from a completely different perspective. This time around, Chidi was trying to … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 