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Sunday’s Best: The WuMo Filter
This week’s “Sunday’s Best” is actually last week’s “Sunday’s Best.” I did not get around to posting last week’s WuMo which did a great job of capturing something critical about our particular moment in time. I’ve found my use of … Continue reading
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Birnam, Fangorn, and Ephraim
These last few days I’ve been thinking how this time of year, this time of life, would be a great time for a nice visit to Rivendell, the Last Homely House East of the Sea. Something about deep rest, I … Continue reading
Everyday Endgames
Yesterday ended up being a particularly good day. Which is great, because I spent most of the day thinking it was time to get back to work. Let me explain. My plans to go into work a little each day … Continue reading
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Summer Stew
On some level, the transition from school year to summer-time is an opportunity to trade out one set of concerns for another. Time works a particular way during the school year: the days are packed with routines and habits that … Continue reading
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Tolkien, Myth, and Reality
Last night I had the opportunity to catch an early showing of the new Tolkien biopic. I’d known about the showing for a while, but wasn’t sure I would make the early showing, even though it had a 30-minute interview … Continue reading
On Landscapes and People
While I’m moving rather slowly through it, my reading of the Letters of C. S. Lewis has been interesting on multiple levels. Right now I’m in the middle of a long letter from Jack to his brother involving a week-long … Continue reading
“I’ve Got a Feeling”
In the spring of 1921, some eight years before his conversion to Christianity, C. S. Lewis said this about death: I have seen death fairly often and never yet been able to find it anything but extraordinary and rather incredible. … Continue reading
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43: Against Abstraction
This week I started reading the letters of C. S. Lewis. I’ve skimmed them many times before. But I’ve never done a full reading like I did with Tolkien a few years ago. So as I start a new … Continue reading
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The Lonely Pilgrim’s Regress
One of the best parts of C. S. Lewis’s The Pilgrim’s Regress is the afterword to the book’s third edition. The book, the first Lewis wrote after his conversion to Christianity, is a fantastical retelling of his journey to the … Continue reading
A Rule for Embracing, Resisting, and Attending
My first week of spring break is quietly and quickly coming to an end. And while I haven’t gotten as much done as I’d hoped, I have been able to do some quality reading. This afternoon, I finished Justin Whitmel … Continue reading
