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A Cappella in the High Countries
My Faith & Literature class is reading C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce as our final major work of the course. It’s a brilliant book, one that I’ve bought multiple copies of. Caedmon‘s Call recorded a Sandra McCracken-written song based … Continue reading
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Giving Attention, Beyond Demanding Attention
From Simone Weil’s “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies”: Happy then are those who pass their adolescence and youth in developing this power of attention. No doubt they are no nearer to goodness than their brothers working in … Continue reading
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With Advent in Mind
From Bonhoeffer’s Ethics: In Jesus Christ we have faith in the incarnate, crucified, and risen God. In the incarnation we learn of the love of God for His creation; in the crucifixion we learn of the judgment of God upon … Continue reading
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The Challenge of Admiring C. S. Lewis
From Alan Jacobs’ “Lewis at 100”: Many years ago V. S. Naipaul noted a peculiarity of the Indian attitude toward Gandhi: everywhere in India Gandhi was venerated as a saint, but the social conditions against which he railed for so … Continue reading
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Yes, I Want to Thank Someone
Few songs get it as right as Andrew Peterson’s “Don’t You Want to Thank Someone,” and I’m thankful that he has put together a video for it, even though it’s an edit (the original is almost 10 minutes long). I … Continue reading
Being on Someone’s Side, in Good or Bad
Friendship in the grown-up world is still something of mystery to me, but I am thankful for the music of Andrew Osenga, which often reminds me of the challenge to love and be loved.
Fiction Writing and Real Living
Near the end of my college career, I took a fiction-writing class. It was not my crowning college achievement. I wrote one pedantic short story about some college student taking the bus home only to . . . well, I … Continue reading
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Holding It All Together
One of the best seminary lectures I ever sat through was a one-off given by a graduate student trying out his skills for a Systematic Theology class. He asked us to list off all of the different terms used in … Continue reading
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With 12 Notes, 6 Strings, and a Million Little Mysteries
I am so thankful for musicians and the music they find and make and share. Andrew Peterson’s music has been a big part of my life’s soundtrack these last few years, so any new music from his is always … Continue reading
April Showers Bring Good Thinking
A few weeks ago I found myself with an odd longing: I felt the need to track down any Caedmon’s Call music missing from my collection. While I’ve been a fan since ’97, I’ve never really dug into their smaller … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 