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“The Days are Just Packed” No More?
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips (and collections) involves a long summer day with Calvin’s final comment of how “the days are just packed.” I think most of us feel that way . . . and most … Continue reading
Work and Rest, Toil and Leisure
Once you get past the prolegomena of The Tech-Wise Family (which I mentioned here), Andy Crouch walks readers through ten “commitments” classified in three groups: key decisions, daily life, and what matters most. The first section, of key decisions, picks … Continue reading
Life by the Right Rule
Perhaps the most wonderfully frustrating thing about Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family is its reminder that daily life matters. It is in the day-in and day-out, Crouch asserts, that something like character is formed. For Crouch, the family is key … Continue reading
Like Leaving the Piano in Ohio
Douglas Coupland prefaces Bit Rot, his most recent collection of essays and stories, with this: When the pioneers crossed North America from east to west, the first thing to be thrown off the family Conestoga wagon was the piano, somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Books, The Long Story
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Temporary Vocational Stretch
Because of changes and restructuring at work, I’ll be taking a temporary vocational stretch in the fall. The conversation has been mostly in-house at this point, which is fine by me. It will require me to work on some of … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, The Long Story
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The Echo of Voices (where the streets have no name)
While it’s great seeing U2 perform live, it’s really the audience-as-choir that gets to me. Got to me when I saw the in concert over a decade ago. Gets to me in this recording of “Where the Streets Have No … Continue reading
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A Song of Lament and Praise
What a last couple of weeks it has been! The highs and lows of life can be so tightly woven together that they bleed together in weird and subtle ways, where every praise is also a prayer request. Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Music, The Long Story
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Finish Line Flashpoint
After a pretty interesting conclusion, this ending came out of no where. This could easily be a way of returning Barry to the proper, pre-Flashpoint, timeline. We’ll have to wait all summer to find out.
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Cloning Time
We’re less than a month away from the final season premiere of Orphan Black on BBC America. Season four was a solid course correction after two seasons of wandering. I’m hopeful that this season will bring everything together nicely. Here’s … Continue reading
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From a Flash to a Crawl
Much of this season of The Flash has been about Barry’s (always thwarted) attempt at saving Iris, the love of his life. Last week’s penultimate episode ended with one last failure, this one seemingly final. The extended trailer to Tuesday’s … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 