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What’s Your Line?
Yesterday afternoon I shared this video with my colleagues: I’ve been playing “90-Second Alphabet” for years, mostly with communication skills classes and in homerooms. After reading Kevin VanHoozer’s Drama of Doctrine, though, I started to see an interesting connection between … Continue reading
“More Can Be Mended”
It is all too easy to forget that what is presupposition for me can be something totally foreign and nonsensical to someone else. Just this past week a student almost incredulously asked me about waiting for Jesus to return, which is … Continue reading
The Possibility of Being Wrong: Klosterman Style
Vulture just announced that Chuck Klosterman will be releasing a new book this June. The new book, What If We’re Wrong: Thinking about the Present As If It Were the Past, follows an interesting thematic vein (much like his last … Continue reading
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The Good Sadness of the Hungry Ones
Last week, Moment ran an interview with David Brooks, whose “evolution” has been an object of interest for many. Brooks’s The Road to Character was one of the better reads of 2015. The interview included some candid tidbits worthy of reflection. … Continue reading
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Augustine’s Note to Self: On Thinking and Writing
From early on in Augustine’s Soliloquies (translated by Kim Paffenroth): Pray for good health and aid, so that you may accomplish what you desire; and put it in writing, so that your confidence may be increased by what you have done. Then … Continue reading
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The Promise of 2016
There are a handful of things that I’m already looking forward to in 2016. While I’m sure there will be many pleasant surprises, these are five things I’m eagerly awaiting: 1. A bit more Britain. We’re starting the year off … Continue reading
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Merry (Subversive) Christmas!
Alan Jacobs recently brought together Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and Pixar’s The Incredibles for a quality reflection on power (or, in most cases, super-powers) and its subversion in popular mediums. From the article: “The race is not … Continue reading
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The Twice-Ascending King
Today certain parts of the church celebrated what is known as Christ the King Sunday. It falls each year on the Sunday before Advent. In his collection of lectionary reflections, Twelve Months of Sundays, N. T. Wright points out some … Continue reading
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A Variety of Values
One of the most profitable parts of The Advantage for me was Lencioni’s distinction of values in the chapter on creating clarity. He write a good bit about the mission statement fad of a few years ago and how easy … Continue reading
A Team by Any Other Name . . .
I mentioned in a post last week about how “lone ranger” teaching can seem. It’s always interesting (and jarring), then, when you have to work well with others in some broader context. That’s when words like “team” get thrown around. … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 