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Lingering Questions
Back at the end of March, as Our Current Moment was getting underway in full, Ephraim Radner posted a piece calling into question the quick move many churches made to online services only. A few days ago, the same site … Continue reading
Downton Abbey and the Snapback
I suppose one of the things I look for, that I read for, is language. One of the gifts of reading is discovering a vocabulary to better name concepts and experience. You can find it in all kinds of places: … Continue reading
Some Way Forward
We’re at an interesting pivot point, I think. After weeks of lockdown and moving around in small circles, the broader world is slowly, cautiously, opening back up. Every place is a little different, just like everyone’s opinion is a little … Continue reading
A Moment with Moses
These last few years I’ve been thinking about “leadership” much more often than I thought it would. So it’s no surprise that a recent reread of a moment in the life of Moses stuck out to me in a way … Continue reading
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The Before and After of Easter
Over the last couple of years, I’ve found the lens of friendship to be one way to deepen my understanding of the Easter story. I even tried to articulate it in my Easter talk for chapel a couple of weeks … Continue reading
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Warmth in the Winter
Perhaps the clearest voice for me as I’ve tried to understand Our Current Moment has been Andy Crouch. He doesn’t work alone, of course. With the team at Praxis, he has articulated a handful of thoughtful articles that have brought … Continue reading
Shock but not Surprise
Yesterday our administration announced that we would remain in online learning protocol through the end of the year. While I wasn’t surprised by the decision, there’s still something of a “shock to the system” with the news. It’s one thing … Continue reading
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A Longer Song
Up until recently, I had an iPhone with an unfortunate iTunes quirk: it would only play songs in shuffle mode. Regardless if it was by artist or by album, I just couldn’t listen to something the way it had been … Continue reading
How to Think in 2020
Each fall I get to read through How to Think by Alan Jacobs with a group of high school juniors. It is an attempt to help students think about thinking, to consider why they have landed where they have landed … Continue reading
Ethics in Our Everyday
Many of us are armchair warriors when it comes to talking about Our Current Moment. We speculate much, opinionate often, and are likely to find ourselves recanting a comment when a new article is published or a new announcement is … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 