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Speedy Recovery

This week’s episode of The Flash really was a nice return-to-form for the series: the humor level was high even as it had an edge of darkness about it.  It will be interesting to see if they can keep that … Continue reading

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Face-to-Face Faith and Practice

As an extension of his talk of “the Benedict Option,” author Rod Dreher recently posed the following questions to the clergy who read his blog and who agree with some version of the dire situation in which today’s church finds … Continue reading

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Experience and Bridges

Last week I spent much of the flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles reading about expeditions to the South Pole.  I hadn’t anticipated that, but I’m glad it happened.  And it happened because I was able to buy a copy … Continue reading

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Actively Waiting (cultural liturgies again)

We’re less than a month away from the release of the third and final volume of James K. A. Smith’s “Cultural Liturgies” series.  That series, which started back in 2009, was formative in how I started thinking about worldview and … Continue reading

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Many Speed Force Returns

This week saw the return of super-heroes to the CW.  And while ratings were down for three of the four DC Comics shows (Legends was steady with last year), The Flash shows some real potential to move forward this season. … Continue reading

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Edinburgh by Castle

Best pic from our last day in Scotland? Maybe so.

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Sunset over England

This morning we said goodbye to England.  This afternoon we said hello to Scotland.  Here’s a panoramic picture of our hotel in the Lake District: the Whoop Hall Inn.  It was great being back there.  This time included a stroll … Continue reading

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York (and back again)

Our fifth day of travel (or fourth, if our first travel day is not included) took us to York, which is always a fun, historical romp.  This day brought a ride through the country before entering the walled city with … Continue reading

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Stratford-upon-Avon

The third day of our tour took us to Stratford-on-Avon.  As with the previous days, there was a certain sense of “always returning” about the visit.  One new thing in particular was nice: we went inside Holy Trinity Church, which … Continue reading

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Stonehenge and Oxford

A few days behind posting anything trip-related here.  WiFi has been a little sketchier than I had anticipated, so I’ll try and get a few things ready for the next bit. The second day “on tour” was a morning at … Continue reading

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