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Advent’s End, Christmas Eve
Stanley Hauerwas is a theologian who really challenged my thinking this year. While I find myself disagreeing with some of his conclusions and assertions, I find that he often has a way of pointing to particularly good but hard truths … Continue reading
Christmas, Mortality, and More
One of the best books I read this year was Ephraim Radner’s A Time to Keep. I hope to reflect on it in this space at the beginning of the new year. Regardless, the book came to mind when reading … Continue reading
Unbroken Circle?
It’s been cool getting to witness the writing of Dave Eggers, one of my favorite novelists, come to life on screen. Sometimes its the script (Away We Go). Other times its a movie based on a story (Promised Land). And … Continue reading
What You Hear
I decided to “celebrate the season” this week by watching the extended versions of The Hobbit. No small task, mind you, particularly when you are well-versed with the story (and when FX or TNT seems to air the theatrical versions … Continue reading
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Fantastic Beasts (and how to mind them)
This last weekend saw the release of the first series in a Harry Potter prequel run. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the first of five (five!) movies that will bridge the timeline between the World Wars 1 … Continue reading
On Some Fundamental Presuppositions
The folks over at Eerdman’s just posted a nice interview with Ephraim Radner, whose latest book drops this week. Radner has been interesting to me over these last few months, both in his posts over at First Things and in … Continue reading
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Here Comes the Future?
Much has been written and said about this presidential election. I have absolutely nothing to add on a personal note. (Well, that’s not totally true. I’ve got something lined up for tomorrow, but more on that then.) Tomorrow was the … Continue reading
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The Deep Truth of Ordinary Things
Last week I got to watch a couple of episodes of the first season of Black Mirror, a BBC anthology show that’s been called the technology version of The Twilight Zone. While the content pushed a number of envelopes, it did … Continue reading
Theological Thinking and Doing
I’m always interested in (and frustrated by) the weird intersection between thought and action in the Christian faith. The two should be hold well together, but we tend to focus one over the other, disparaging thoughtless deeds or deedless thought. … Continue reading
Ancient Revolution in the Tense Present
N. T. Wright’s most recent book dropped this week. The Day the Revolution Began focuses on the death of Jesus. One of the questions Wright tackles early in the book is the question of the revolution’s content. From the book’s first … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 