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How You Remind Me
We’re a few days into the Advent season. I think maybe it’s my favorite season of the church calendar, as it’s a kind of mellow, reflective time that looks forward to something amazing breaking into history not once but twice. … Continue reading
A Song from the Road
During my recent trip to England and Scotland with students, we had the opportunity to spend some time in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. While the main reason for going in is seeing the place where Shakespeare is buried, it’s … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: The WuMo Filter
This week’s “Sunday’s Best” is actually last week’s “Sunday’s Best.” I did not get around to posting last week’s WuMo which did a great job of capturing something critical about our particular moment in time. I’ve found my use of … Continue reading
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Birnam, Fangorn, and Ephraim
These last few days I’ve been thinking how this time of year, this time of life, would be a great time for a nice visit to Rivendell, the Last Homely House East of the Sea. Something about deep rest, I … Continue reading
A Simple Code
This past week I spoke to some students about the importance of having some kind of code (or what others would call a rule). The context was the realization that a lot of things were being thrown at them (which … Continue reading
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Wendell Berry and “The Commitment That Doesn’t See Any End”
At the end of a recent interview with Amanda Petrusich of The New Yorker, Wendell Berry characterized the life of faith with some interesting wording. When asked about religion, particularly in terms of his parents’ faith and his upbringing, Berry … Continue reading
Summertime Trivium
In yesterday’s post I mentioned three things I was keeping in mind as I planned out and worked through my summer. Those three things we mostly “structural.” By that I mean they are key to the framework of the season. … Continue reading
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Summer Stew
On some level, the transition from school year to summer-time is an opportunity to trade out one set of concerns for another. Time works a particular way during the school year: the days are packed with routines and habits that … Continue reading
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Tolkien, Myth, and Reality
Last night I had the opportunity to catch an early showing of the new Tolkien biopic. I’d known about the showing for a while, but wasn’t sure I would make the early showing, even though it had a 30-minute interview … Continue reading
Easter Sunday’s Best
Upon finding this song by Rick Elias that was on Rich Mullins’s The Jesus Record, I discovered that Elias had recently died from cancer. Elias was a founding member of the Ragamuffin Band, which played with Mullins often. The comment … Continue reading
