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Song for the Roads
I’ve been wondering for a while if the folks over at Creator Arts would post any clips from the 25th anniversary concert of the Community Coffeehouse in Danbury, Connecticut. I wondered because four of my favorite musicians all played for … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Osenga, Andrew Peterson, Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips
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Doctor Strange: Apologist for the Transcendent Frame
Caught a Thursday night showing of Doctor Strange, the latest entry in Marvel Studio’s ever-expanding cinematic universe. It was a great experience, hitting all of the right notes with storytelling and visual cues. Doctor Strange tells the story of a … Continue reading
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“Every Man’s Hat”
Yesterday marked the 499th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The folks at First Things posted a great article by Timothy George about one of the phrases often associated with the “movement,” the concept of the “priesthood of … Continue reading
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Theological Thinking and Doing
I’m always interested in (and frustrated by) the weird intersection between thought and action in the Christian faith. The two should be hold well together, but we tend to focus one over the other, disparaging thoughtless deeds or deedless thought. … Continue reading
Ancient Revolution in the Tense Present
N. T. Wright’s most recent book dropped this week. The Day the Revolution Began focuses on the death of Jesus. One of the questions Wright tackles early in the book is the question of the revolution’s content. From the book’s first … Continue reading
Pilgrim Days: A Hospitable World
Before he gets into a discussion of the ways contemporary culture has re-defined the identity of the pilgrim, Bauman casts one last picture of the kind of world necessary for a “classical” pilgrimage to take place. “Both life and and … Continue reading
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Pilgrim Days: The Desert and the Real
In “From Pilgrim to Tourist,” Zygmut Bauman traces a line from the Christian concept of the pilgrim to the contemporary scheme of self-definition. That line gets traced (metaphorically and historically) right through the desert. ‘We are pilgrims through time’ was, … Continue reading
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Pilgrim Days: Streets and Houses
In his consideration of identity culture and postmodern thinking, Zygmunt Bauman looks back to a particular moment in history for an image and a way of thinking about the world. When Rome lay in ruins– humbled, humiliated and sacked and … Continue reading
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Pilgrim Days: Changes in Identification
A few weeks ago, Rod Dreher spent a post reflecting on “From Pilgrim to Tourist- or a Short History of Identity” by Zygmunt Bauman as part of his continuing articulation of “the Benedict Option.” A made a copy of the … Continue reading
Teaching in the Balance
This year at work I’m taking part in an instructional leadership group. Every few weeks, I gather with co-workers to watch teaching samples, read a ticles, and discuss best practices in the classroom in the hopes that it be teachable … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 