Category Archives: Faith

Chaplains Needed?

Posted on July 16, 2020 by awtraughber

One of the ways I’ve tried to stay focused-without-travel has been to audit a class from my university (and taught by one of my professors from ye olden days).  The course has focused on approaches to pastoral ministry as found … Continue reading →

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On Humility

Posted on July 15, 2020 by awtraughber

Yesterday I mentioned some interesting connections between stuff and people that I had been reading, how even if one thing didn’t explicitly lead to another, I still kind of ended up at a particular destination with so much in tow. … Continue reading →

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Something Beyond Bad Traditionalism?

Posted on July 14, 2020 by awtraughber

It’s always amazing to me how one thing you read can inadvertently lead to another.  I spent a good bit of my spring slowly reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s Antifragile.  I read it because it had a praise-worthy mention in an … Continue reading →

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How We See, How We Write

Posted on July 13, 2020 by awtraughber

I can’t remember how, but George Packer’s “The Enemies of Writing” piece from The Atlantic (January 2020) came across my path last week.  The essay is a re-write of an acceptance speech given upon Packer’s winning of the Hitchens Prize.  … Continue reading →

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A Song That Blesses

Posted on July 2, 2020 by awtraughber

This week there’s been one song in particular that has been a blessing to me as I cleaned my classroom and planned for next semester and walked through downtown Honolulu.  This is Mission House’s “Good God.”  It hits the right … Continue reading →

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NT Wright and Covidtide

Posted on June 29, 2020 by awtraughber

Today I received my copy of N. T. Wright’s God and the Pandemic (many thanks to the folks at Hearts and Minds Books in Pennsylvania for the amazing service).  It’s a tiny book, clocking in at just over 70 pages.  … Continue reading →

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Ministry is Friendship

Posted on June 10, 2020 by awtraughber

I’m just  few hours away from the first live Zoom meeting of the course that I’m auditing this summer through my old university.  I am cautiously optimistic about the opportunity.  Last night I sat down to write my reflection of … Continue reading →

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Strange Summer Day

Posted on June 9, 2020 by awtraughber

Today didn’t go as I had planned at all. Last night I noticed something stuck in my right front tire: turned out to be a screw.  No real leak, but you can’t be too careful.  So my day started with … Continue reading →

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Back to Class

Posted on June 8, 2020 by awtraughber

When it became clear that I probably wouldn’t be traveling to Tennessee this summer, I decide to look for good ways to frame my time.  Vacations are always a little tricky for me: I tend to do best when I’ve … Continue reading →

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Sometimes by Step

Posted on June 5, 2020 by awtraughber

A classic song for the end of a good but tiring school year.

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