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Toward a Sense of Suffering?
This last week we have been talking about the problem of evil in class. It’s a short unit, but you’d like to think it’s something that will come back around (the discussion, not the evil) throughout a lifetime. Attempting to … Continue reading
Twenty-Three
Today marked the 23rd anniversary of the death of Rich Mullins. While I deeply love A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band, I have found Brother’s Keeper becoming a truly close second. On some level, it feels a little … Continue reading
Pandemic Permanence
Today Rod Dreher spent some time reflecting on this piece from the Baptist Press concerning the long-term effects of Covid for churches. The church that gets most of the mentions in the piece is a relatively short drive (in TN … Continue reading
“A Little Incarnation”
From the introduction to Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms: It seems to me appropriate, almost inevitable, that when that great Imagination which in the beginning, for Its own delight and for the delight of men and angels and (in their … Continue reading
How Learning Flourishes
I’m just going to leave this video right here while I go kick myself for not watching it sooner. It’s definitely something I’ll be sharing at school in the next couple of weeks. Whenever I get bits like this from … Continue reading
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“Never See the End”
There is this strong sense that Our Current Moment feels somehow unending. It can be easy to feel that way about a lot of things, good and bad. But these last few days I’ve been encouraged and comforted by Mission … Continue reading
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Why It Matters
I’ve always been interesting in what can be found at the intersection of faith and art. Now it’s also a bigger part of my task at work. So when I found out that Christianity Today had published a piece featuring … Continue reading
Minding the Messengers
In the section of Antifragile about “skin in the game,” Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines prophets and their task: Prophecy is a pledge of belief, little else. A prophet is not someone who first had an idea; he is the one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Life in the Fifth Act, Notes for a World's End, Scripture, Teaching
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Rod Dreher
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