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Nostalgia and Narsil
In his review of The Fellowship of the Ring, Lewis tackles the charges of “fiction as escapism or nostalgia” head-on. We saw hints of it in yesterday’s excerpt. We get an even better sense of it in the selection below. … Continue reading
Who You Say We Are
This past weekend saw the release of Steven Curtis Chapman’s latest, a worship album called Worship and Believe. The two terms in the title hang together awkwardly. We might think that the reverse is the appropriate order: believe and worship. … Continue reading
Formation and What You Love
These past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to work through the concept of formation with some of my peers. It’s been an interesting journey made even more interesting by the thoughts of James K. A. Smith. Smith’s new book, … Continue reading
Dwelling and Indwelling
One of the things I like most about N. T. Wright’s image of the biblical story like a five-act play is how it holds the story together while also emphasizing the underlying connective tissue. One such tissue is found in … Continue reading
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A High-Five Story
Here’s an interesting video from the folks at Laity Lodge. It involves one of my favorite writers (James K. A. Smith) and one of my favorite musicians (Andy Gullahorn). It’s a slightly awkward video, as it might seem to make … Continue reading
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The Contemporary Question of the Self
One of the basic questions every worldview tries to answer (thank you, James Sire) concerns the nature of humanity. In class we often talk about whether man is good or evil by nature, how much choice we actually have in … Continue reading
Let There Be Light, Love, and Music
One of the songs Andrew Peterson played (and that he had the audience join in with) at his Hawaii concert last month was “Let There Be Light.” It wasn’t a song that I had listened to much (if at all) … Continue reading
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Sentences for Lent
A couple of days ago, I quoted an article by Peter Leithart about the nature of the Christian calendar (particularly in light of the season of Lent). He recently posted “a murder of tweets” about the season. I share my … Continue reading
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Lent and the Move from Light to Life
Today Christians from all over the world will commemorate Ash Wednesday. They will have ashes drawn on their foreheads, will be reminded that they are dust first and last, will be called to repentance because God’s kingdom is near. … Continue reading
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Lent and Life Between Calendars
Many of us spend our lives shuttling between different calendars. We live by the Gregorian calendar: Tuesdays and Februaries. As teachers and students, we live by the school calendar: quarters, semesters, grade-check periods. And as Christians, we often live by … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 