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Love, Friendship, and Destiny
During one of my first summers in Hawaii, I taught a course at church using Larry Crabb’s Soul Talk. The basic premise of the book was that Christians should be able to communicate with one another in such a way … Continue reading
Learning the Language
A quote from Bonhoeffer’s Meditating on the Word recently crossed my Twitter stream that I thought was interesting: Grounded in the Scripture, we learn to speak to God in the language that God has spoken to us. It’s a wonderful … Continue reading
The False Distinction of Religion and Relationship
One of the most frustrating things that I hear in conversations and sermons is the idea that Christianity is “not a religion; it’s a relationship.” Don’t get me wrong: I totally understand what those who say such a thing are … Continue reading
Be the Body, Eat the Body
The church, both universal and local, has been a big part of my thinking for a long time now. For as long as I can remember, the church has been central to my experience as a person and as a … Continue reading
Kubla Khan and Ecclesiology
Since the conception of “youth culture,” the tendency towards an entertainment-first focus has always been a danger. Bells and whistles, light shows and rock music, spiritual highs and week-later letdowns have always been landmines in the field of souls. The … Continue reading
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On Liberty
Over the course of The Fractured Republic, Yuval Levin traces the recent history of both our country and the people who constitute it. While government and big business and culture are huge movers in the story, the daily practitioners of … Continue reading
The Difference between Community and Identity
One of the things that has been most beneficial for me from reading Yuval Levin’s The Fractured Republic is that it has given me better language to describe the situation we find ourselves in. Case in point: Levin’s discussion of … Continue reading
Inkling Lessons Learned (or: Generation Found)
While I haven’t listened to the interview to be found at the article’s end, I did enjoy the recent Forbes piece on “The Inklings at War” by Jerry Bower. In the article, Bowyer traces the philosophical implications of the first … Continue reading
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In Praise of Handwavium
The folks over at The Ringer recently posted a fun little piece on JJ Abrams and some perceived cross-pollination between the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. And while I can’t help but think that the author of the post … Continue reading
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Some Way to Recovery
Yuval Levin spends the first chunk of The Fractured Republic noting trends and making connections in American life over the 20th and 21st centuries. In the last chunk of the book, Levin attempts to articulate some way forward from our … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 