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Easter Season for Every Season
We are now a few weeks into the Easter season, at least as far as the “church calendar” is concerned. It has been interesting for me this year, as I’ve tried to think well about the liturgical calendar, to see … Continue reading
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Miraculous Life
Here’s Andrew Peterson performing another track from The Burning Edge of Dawn, one I probably shouldn’t skip over as much as I do.
Calvin on Reading
At least he doesn’t even pretend to try SparkNotes . . . or Cliff Notes, even. (image from gocomics.com)
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To the Dark Tower, Come
Today saw the release of the first trailer for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Check it out. Some initial thoughts: it looks good. Is it as gritty as the source material? Not at all. There are books in the series … Continue reading
Closer to the Field of Roses (or everything goes 19)
Trailer sometime tomorrow. Hoping that this movie is as amazing as it deserves to be.
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The Choice to Rejoice
The posting of a new recording of Andrew Peterson performing is always a good thing. Here’s a recent rendition of “Rejoice” from The Burning Edge of Dawn.
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Flash in the Darkest Timeline
This week The Flash spent most of the episode in “the darkest timeline,” with long-haired Barry Allen and all. It was, perhaps, one of the better episodes in more recent memory. In an attempt to learn the identity of big … Continue reading
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Technology in Its Proper Place
One of the introductory thoughts in Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family concerns “the proper place” for technology. The benefit of that phrase is in the acknowledgment that technology, screens and all, has a place. Wisdom, though, is key in determining … Continue reading
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Spiritual Soundscapes
Writer and professor Alan Jacobs recently returned from his Lenten break from online life. His first post back at Text Patterns concerned something Jacobs calls “Anthropocene theology.” This theology is nuanced because of the strange contemporary mindset that we live … Continue reading
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Springing Forward
The Flash on the CW begins its final sprint to its third-season finish line tomorrow night. The folks at the CW were kind enough to put together a simple “recap” video to refresh viewers’ memories. Seems to me that you’ve … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 