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Systems and Sunk Costs
There was a time that I regularly visited Seth Godin’s blog for some wisdom about the way the world works. A few years ago I just kind of stopped, though I drop in once in a blue moon. There have … Continue reading
Learning while Grading
It’s the end of the quarter, which means grades are almost due. It’s nice to listen to sermon and interviews while taking care of things. One that I listened to today was this recent interview with James K. A. Smith … Continue reading
Approaching Quarter’s End
Today I recorded my last chapel talk of the quarter. Mind you, I hadn’t planned on it happening today. It was lunch time when a co-worker reminded me that next week was the last week of the quarter. That plus … Continue reading
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“A Little Incarnation”
From the introduction to Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms: It seems to me appropriate, almost inevitable, that when that great Imagination which in the beginning, for Its own delight and for the delight of men and angels and (in their … Continue reading
Living with Books
Last week I posted a short video featuring Alan Jacobs talking about the integration of faith and learning on a collegiate/professional level. It was a real encouragement to me, as I’m trying to guide others through a similar process. Jacobs … Continue reading
The Week Looking Back
The big news of the week was this: I’ve known for a while that Aaronovitch had written a number of shorter pieces for the continuing saga of Peter Grant and friends. I’d even tracked a few of them down online. … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Rock, Agents of SHIELD, Rivers of London, Stargirl
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Minding the Messengers
In the section of Antifragile about “skin in the game,” Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines prophets and their task: Prophecy is a pledge of belief, little else. A prophet is not someone who first had an idea; he is the one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Life in the Fifth Act, Notes for a World's End, Scripture, Teaching
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Rod Dreher
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Chaplains Needed?
One of the ways I’ve tried to stay focused-without-travel has been to audit a class from my university (and taught by one of my professors from ye olden days). The course has focused on approaches to pastoral ministry as found … Continue reading
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Something Beyond Bad Traditionalism?
It’s always amazing to me how one thing you read can inadvertently lead to another. I spent a good bit of my spring slowly reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s Antifragile. I read it because it had a praise-worthy mention in an … Continue reading
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SHIELD on the Island
Last day of June, as crazy as that sounds. In just a few hours we start the second half of 2020. Lots of fears (and jokes, for some) about what the next few months might bring. We are in uncharted … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 