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Harry Potter and the Resurrection
Today brought the third quarter of the school year to a close. The quarter both started and ended with a chapel (which I think is pretty rare). After spending most of the quarter with different speakers walk through the fruit … Continue reading
Reading Great Lent: Quick Lenten Reflections
Yesterday I had the opportunity to preach at my home church. As it was the fourth Sunday of Lent, I tried to bring out some of the Lenten themes in the lectionary readings. After a quick look at the idea … Continue reading
Collective Versus Community
I’m slowly but surely trying to write myself into a place where I’ve articulated something wonderfully, frustratingly inductive about church and community. About a week ago I posted some quick thoughts around C. S. Lewis’s consideration of the church in … Continue reading
Restoring Membership?
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to post some thoughts that hit all around the question of the self and the Christian community. This has been particularly interesting for me during this season of Lent, when much … Continue reading
Concerning the Second Sunday of Lent
We are now well into the second full week of the Lenten season. Last week I wrote a bit about the first Sunday of Lent and the two sermons that I heard that day (connecting them with some of my … Continue reading
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The Many Deaths of Lent
Turns out the first casualty of Lent 2018 was Jesus. Let me explain. I heard two high quality sermons on the first Sunday on Lent. On Sunday morning, I heard a great sermon rooted in the prophet’s vision in Isaiah … Continue reading
Lewis and the “Nasty People”
A few days ago I was reflecting on the place of the (Christian) seeker in the midst of other Christians who may no longer really be seeking much of anything (at least in some existential way). This is not to … Continue reading
Imagination Under Fire?
After the fourth grade-level camp of the year, I made my way to the theater to catch a showing of (the very well-made) Black Panther. Lots of good trailers beforehand. One that wasn’t there, though, was the March-dropping Ready Player … Continue reading
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Walker Percy and the 98%
Early in The Moviegoer, Binx Bolling starts talking about “the search” that he finds himself on when he is not too “sunk” into reality. Soon after that initial talk of the search (which I mentioned here), Bolling continues: What do … Continue reading
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Describing Generation Z
One of the things that we talk about in our classroom discussions about ethics is the category of ethics known as “descriptive ethics.” It really is as simple as the term itself: descriptive ethics is concerned with communicating what is … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 