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Season’s Readings: 2018 Edition
One thing I’m trying to do a little more of as I get older is to establish some set “reading patterns” for different parts of the year. Holidays are often geared that way, of course. Then you work in classics … Continue reading
Advent Waiting, Christmas Celebrating
And just like that the Advent season comes to an end. It was a good and challenging Advent season for me. We spent the weeks between Thanksgiving and exams thinking about Advent in chapel. My guide through much of that … Continue reading
The Thread of Imagination
In yesterday’s post I mentioned some words and phrases that I’d been mulling over a little bit but hoped to mull over more this holiday weekend. I think I’d like to start with the thread of imagination. Somewhere along the … Continue reading
Unbusy: Non-Stop to Nothing
These last few weeks have been a reminder of the frustration that comes with being busier than you ever intended to be. In the midst of it all came news of the death of Eugene Peterson, who has probably shaped … Continue reading
Song for Another Leg of the Journey
A wonderful presentation of a classic song for the long road.
Company Under the Unpredictable Plant
I don’t remember how I found the works of Eugene Peterson, but I’m glad I did. Peterson joined Tozer, Bonhoeffer, and Buechner in what I would call the first reading trajectory that took me beyond what was popular at the … Continue reading
Reflections on Ritual
Yesterday professor and author James K. A. Smith announced his move from Comment Magazine to Image Journal. Smith was a big draw to Comment for me, so his loss there is significant. At the same time, I’m curious to see … Continue reading
Education as Starvation Diet
As with many other areas of life, education tends to be a perpetual victim of trends and fads. Unmoored from any deep-rooted principle or practice, the contemporary classroom and campus now finds itself blown here and there by whatever assertions … Continue reading
Personalization Possible?
This recent Q Ideas presentation by Andy Crouch has been making the rounds recently. Crouch speaks with a reassuring authority, which is good. And he brings a concern that many have been thinking about for a while to the forefront … Continue reading
Being Benedict or Daring Daniel?
It’s always good to hear that Rod Dreher’s “Benedict Option” still hangs in the religious consciousness, if only amongst those on Twitter or fortunate enough to the Dreher speak. Leah Libresco has a great new book on the concept, giving … Continue reading
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