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Our Final Word
I have often wondered if Steven Curtis Chapman would get around to making a “worship album.” When the trend hit years and years ago, I was dismayed. I’m one of that rare breed that sees the praise and worship movement … Continue reading
Songs about the Falling Rain
In a recent post at First Things, Leah Libresco shared three simple ways the church (in her case, Catholic) could strengthen the sense of congregational community without embracing unhealthy practice. Her second suggestion was to bring in more things to connect … Continue reading
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Concerning Joy
I recently took part in a quick work discussion about the place of joy, whether or not one can expect it or in some way legislate it. Joy, of course, was what C. S. Lewis was surprised by. It became a … Continue reading
The Joy of Teaching
What started out as a quote about the particular love of teaching turned into a call for something more from pastors. From VanHoozer and Strachan’s The Pastor as Public Theologian: Stanley Woodworth, my high school French teacher, once described the … Continue reading
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The Form of a Good Life
Author and blogger Rod Dreher has spent the last couple of weeks reflecting on and writing about the passing of his father. Dreher returned home to Louisiana a few years ago (after a number of years abroad) because of the … Continue reading
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A Sort Of Wizards Duel
This week some of my students will start to read C. S. Lewis’s “The Weight of Glory.” Every year I read it with my students, I seem to find something new or just askew enough to strike me deeply. The … Continue reading
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Start Again
It’s difficult to believe that I am already one month into my thirteenth year teaching high school. At this point, we’ve already gone through the first cycle of things: first tests and projects, first homerooms and assemblies. It has been … Continue reading
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Traveling with Caedmon’s Call and the Third Guild Album
Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of quality time listening to Caedmon’s Call and filling in some gaps in my music collection. Just before heading out on my recent trip to Tennessee, I found and ordered a … Continue reading
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Restlessness
Whether you sing it or you say it, Augustine’s thought rings true in life as you live it. Great are You, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Your power, and of Your wisdom there is no end. … Continue reading
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Timing is Everything
Every spring in my Old Testament class I look forward to getting to the book of Ecclesiastes. On some level, the book upends some of my students’ expectation that everything in the Bible is particularly cheery. But I also like … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 