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Klosterman Looks Back on Television
Chuck Klosterman’s new book, But What If We’re Wrong?, dropped this past week. The premise of the book is to cast thought forward a few hundred years and try and understand what we think we’re getting right now but might … Continue reading
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When You “Can’t Make a Community Up”
Over the last year, I’ve slowly added a couple of professors/theologians to the list of authors that I “follow.” One of those, Kevin VanHoozer has helped me articulate “next steps” when thinking about the biblical story as a “drama” that … Continue reading
Grit and Bear It
I’m about halfway through Angela Duckworth’s Grit. It’s not quite the kind of book that I’d normally read, really. David Brooks praised it in his column last week, though, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s a good … Continue reading
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Bookshelf Addition Predictions
2016 has been a good year for reading. These days I’m wrapping up N. D. Wilson’s Outlaws of Time and Hauerwas’s The Work of the Theology. I’m also making good progress through Merton’s No Man is an Island (which I’ll … Continue reading
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What Bubbles Up
At this point in the story, I think I’ve linked to almost every short video for James K. A Smith’s You Are What You Love. Here’s one more, though. This one is about vocation. It’s a nice teaser for some … Continue reading
Youth Ministry and Liberating Ritual
One of the things that I like most about James K. A. Smith’s approach to Christian faith and practice in You Are What You Love is how well he turns certain concepts and principles upside-down. Consider the language of ritual … Continue reading
Children’s Author, Time’s Author
I’m almost halfway through N. D. Wilson’s Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle. It’s a great read. On some level, it’s comfortable. On another level, though, it is different and engaging with a great open-ended feel. Last week, … Continue reading
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Building a Story for the Home
Bravos Press has about three more videos based on James K. A. Smith’s You Are What You Love. And they are based on the parts of the book that are more about “implications for life.” Here’s the one for the … Continue reading
Name the Darkness to Rise Above It
Got my copy of N. D. Wilson’s Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle yesterday, and I’m looking forward to spending some quality time with it this weekend. Wilson has had at least one article and one interview pop … Continue reading
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A Surprising Hologram for the King
It’s a rare thing for a movie to end up in the theaters without me realizing it well in advance. Yet that’s exactly what’s happened with A Hologram for the King, the newest flick starring Tom Hanks. I’ve known about … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 