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“The Story We Carry in Our Bones”
One of my “best moments” in 2018 was the opportunity I had in the summer to “hang out” with James K. A. Smith for a while. Not long, mind you, as there were a few dozen other people at Laity … Continue reading
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Tagged Habits, James K A Smith, You Are What You Love
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“We Want to Play the Music”
As the year comes to an end, I find myself with a short stack of articles and essays that I never quite got around to writing about here. One of them was yesterday’s question of religious language through Jonathan Merritt’s … Continue reading
Reflecting on John
Today many Christians around the world spent time reflecting on the life of John the Evangelist, the apostle who penned a gospel and three letters found in the New Testament. John is a fascinating figure on multiple levels, particularly with … Continue reading
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Season’s Readings: 2018 Edition
One thing I’m trying to do a little more of as I get older is to establish some set “reading patterns” for different parts of the year. Holidays are often geared that way, of course. Then you work in classics … Continue reading
The Thread of Imagination
In yesterday’s post I mentioned some words and phrases that I’d been mulling over a little bit but hoped to mull over more this holiday weekend. I think I’d like to start with the thread of imagination. Somewhere along the … Continue reading
Unbusy: Non-Stop to Nothing
These last few weeks have been a reminder of the frustration that comes with being busier than you ever intended to be. In the midst of it all came news of the death of Eugene Peterson, who has probably shaped … Continue reading
Closer to the Passage
The folks at FOX just released a new trailer for the January-dropping, small-screen rendition of Justin Cronin’s The Passage. The big question in my head, as a fan of the trilogy, is how in the world they can translate the … Continue reading
Company Under the Unpredictable Plant
I don’t remember how I found the works of Eugene Peterson, but I’m glad I did. Peterson joined Tozer, Bonhoeffer, and Buechner in what I would call the first reading trajectory that took me beyond what was popular at the … Continue reading
Reflections on Ritual
Yesterday professor and author James K. A. Smith announced his move from Comment Magazine to Image Journal. Smith was a big draw to Comment for me, so his loss there is significant. At the same time, I’m curious to see … Continue reading
Education as Starvation Diet
As with many other areas of life, education tends to be a perpetual victim of trends and fads. Unmoored from any deep-rooted principle or practice, the contemporary classroom and campus now finds itself blown here and there by whatever assertions … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 