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Singing as Responsive Confession
A few weeks ago, particularly the Saturday before Easter, I posted a video of Andrew Peterson’s “Is He Worthy?” video “sight unseen.” As many others, I did my best to hold off on listening to Resurrection Letters Vol. 1 until … Continue reading
“Not the only or the easiest way . . .”
Yesterday’s post of Charles Wright reading “Jesuit Graves” got me in the mood for listening to other authors reading their works. I mentioned Wendell Berry, whose essays and poetry I’ve enjoyed immensely over the last five years (and yet I … Continue reading
From Lent to Eastertide
Well, the forty days of the Lenten season have led to the fifty days of Eastertide. This, in turn, takes us up to the Ascension of Jesus and the day of Pentecost (and then to a summer and autumn of … Continue reading
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Between the Gift and the Economy
Over the last few weeks, I’ve tried to articulate some thoughts about church and community. I started by looking at some quotes from authors like Walker Percy and C. S. Lewis. Eventually I landed on and spent some time … Continue reading
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What You Bring to the Table
One could easily assume, based on my reflections over the last couple of weeks, that the plight of the single, celibate adult is the bulk of Ephraim Radner’s point in A Time to Keep. That couldn’t be farther from the … Continue reading
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Working Things Out
In a posthumous collection of his writings titled Spiritual Formation, Henri Nouwen wrote of how we perceive people more often as characters than as individuals. To see others as characters is ultimately to see them as people “to use as we … Continue reading
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Toward Friendship
It was Frederick Buechner who first introduced me to the idea that theology is, on some level, always autobiographical. This is not to dismiss the orthodox body of truth at all but to emphasize the fact that theological truth refracted … Continue reading
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Easter Song
Okay. I have to admit that I haven’t listened to this song just yet. Saving it for the early hours of Easter Sunday. It’s from Andrew Peterson’s Resurrection Letters Volume One.
High Noon in All Times Zones
I’m doing my best to keep Andrew Peterson’s Resurrection Letters Volume One for Sunday. Until then, here’s a live performance of what has become my favorite Easter song. It’s strikes me as a Good Friday song, even though Easter morning … Continue reading
Maundy Thursday and Friendship
Tonight at many churches much will be made about Jesus’ final night with his disciples. Some will wash feet. Others will take part in the Lord’s Supper. Hopefully everyone will be reminded of the place of friendship at the heart … Continue reading
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