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Nouwen and the “Real Life” Fallacy
One of the phrases that frustrates me most as a teacher always starts “but in the real world. . .” I understand the idea, that you want to expose students to situations and problems that they will come across once … Continue reading
On Ents and Trees
I’ve been turning something over in my mind lately, like a diamond in the light, trying to see something. Something about life and story and speaking into and out of both of them. In the midst of this my mind … Continue reading
Donald Miller, Douglas Coupland, and Inauguration
I WAS QUITE PLEASED to see that Donald Miller had posted a blog entry about the Inauguration. I was more than pleasantly surprised when I discovered that his post spoke well of Douglas Coupland’s Life after God, a series of … Continue reading
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New Year, New You, New CS Lewis, Too!
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF IS ONE THING; jumping trees is something else entirely. Turns out that’s exactly what C. S. Lewis did following the events of World War II. According to an article posted at Christianity Today titled “Why … Continue reading
2012: The Year of Richard Parker
THERE IS A MOMENT at the end of Life of Pi where Pi (the survivor) and Richard Parker (the tiger) finally reach land. Pi, collapsed on the beach, finds his throat so dry that he cannot speak, cannot utter a word … Continue reading
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Books in 2012: The December Dismantle
2012 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR BOOKS, at least for me. I spent much of the last ten years “catching up” with authors I did not know. And while there are dozens of dozens of important books I have not … Continue reading
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Reviewing The Hobbit
THE THING ABOUT THE HOBBIT is that it isn’t my story. Compared to The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien’s first foray into Middle Earth holds little attachment for me. While I’ve seen the animated movie a number of times, I’ve … Continue reading
Remembering the Fellowship, While Waiting for The Hobbit
I REMEMBER IT WELL: leaving a friend’s birthday party, the drive with a friend to Dallas to watch the midnight premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring, fearing that my friend would back out at the last minute. And then … Continue reading
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Frodo, Sam, and a Little Something about Advent
AS A GOLLUM-LED FRODO AND SAM leave Ithilien for Mount Doom, something catches their eyes: Standing there for a moment filled with dread, Frodo became aware that a light was shining; he saw it glowing on Sam’s face beside him. … Continue reading
A Robin Sloan Kind of Illumination
FINDING A GOOD BOOK is one thing. Finding a creator is almost completely different. This past weekend, I found both. A glance at an ad in the latest issue of The Believer led me to the new fiction section of … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 