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Running the Halls (or: revisiting Mere Christianity)
One of the few practices I’m trying out over the Advent season is the (re)reading of a book. Because the season last just over three weeks, I thought it was a decent amount of time to do a slow reread … Continue reading
Against the Objective
I finally sat down to watch the documentary about the life and work of Wendell Berry, Look and See. I’d been putting off for a month, but a five-hour plane ride can inspire you like that. The movie begins with … Continue reading
Faith and Politics
It was a strange thing, reading Smith’s Awaiting the King off and on throughout “Christ the King” Sunday. Smith is taking his argument about the Christian faith’s political implications much farther than I anticipated, which has made it a good … Continue reading
Victoria
It’s been a long day of travel, walking, and eating. Here’s a quick picture of one of my favorite places in Victoria: Russell’s Books. And I only bought two books today. And this isn’t even my favorite section of the … Continue reading
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Smith and the Benedict Option
I haven’t seen much in Awaiting the King (by James K. A. Smith) that deals with Rod Dreher’s “Benedict Option” aside from one or two “so-called Benedict Option” lines. So I was a little surprised to see a longer mention … Continue reading
Our Liturgical/Political Reality
I’m slowly making my way through James K. A. Smith’s Awaiting the King, hoping to have it read through once before Thanksgiving. It’s a good read that brings a lot of threads together (along with some nice nods to pop … Continue reading
Waiting for the King (but not for the book)
Thanks to the kind folks at Hearts and Minds Books, I was able to get my copy of James K. A Smith’s Awaiting the King a few days before the actual release day. And so I waited for Thor:Ragnarok by … Continue reading
Our Shared Life and the King
Part of me thinks the stakes are quite high for James K. A. Smith’s Awaiting the King. That’s partly because of the cultural and political climate in which we find ourselves. Attached to that is the seeming “attack approach” that … Continue reading
About Thinking
This morning I started my my quick second-reading of Alan Jacobs’s recent release, How to Think. Over the last two years, Jacobs’ voice has become one that I both enjoy and heed. While he doesn’t blog as much as I … Continue reading
Face-to-Face Faith and Practice
As an extension of his talk of “the Benedict Option,” author Rod Dreher recently posed the following questions to the clergy who read his blog and who agree with some version of the dire situation in which today’s church finds … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 