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Having Waited
One of these days, I hope to procure a copy of the first Guild collection from Caedmon’s Call. Here’s a song from that album, a live version of “I Waited” by Bill Batstone.
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Lightning Round of Potential
It’s important to forget, I think, that Dave Eggers’ The Circle is first and foremost a thriller. The trailers for the soon-dropping flick build well, which means you’re more likely to go in expecting sharp turns. The book, the overall … Continue reading
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“High Noon in the Valley of the Shadow”
This one gets me every time.
The Silence of Holy Saturday
It’s been an interesting Holy Saturday. Here a few hours out from the turn of Saturday into Sunday, I’m mindful of the strange silence of the day in the biblical story. On Thursday, before the break of Good Friday, my … Continue reading
The Good Friday “Therefore”
Today’s lectionary reading from the New Testament was one I should’ve seen coming. Beyond the account of Abraham and Isaac and the suffering servant of Isaiah and the crucifixion scene from John we are given a chuck from the New … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life in the Fifth Act
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“As If Paul Really Meant It”
I’ve been thinking a lot about church lately, for as many reasons as there are days in a week, really. I’ve also been doing a slow re-read of N. T. Wright’s After You Believe, which isn’t about church life in … Continue reading
Awkward Observation
I spent most of the last two days at an education conference. One of the funniest moments in the conference came during a breakout session about shifting practices in teacher evaluation. As a kind of “artifact,” the administrator-in-charge showed this … Continue reading
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Ending with Regeneration
After what has been a mostly slow “winter” season on the small screen, things are finally picking up. Last week’s premiere of The Amazing Race was one of the best episodes of that show in a good while (hiatus withstanding). … Continue reading
Crossing Time Streams
The second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow wraps up this Tuesday with an episode that looks to break at least one rule of time travel: don’t cross your own path. Here’s the extended trailer for the episode, “Aruba.” The … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 