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The Middle Space
SPACE is an important thing. It’s part of the title of this site, of course. And it’s something that is on any mind trying to understand things. A few years ago, back when I was still trying “print media” with … Continue reading
The Wright Reading of Scripture?
I RECENTLY GIFTED a copy of N. T. Wright’s How God Became King to a friend who I thought would enjoy the theological challenge. In the book, Wright asserts that we have “turned the speakers too high” on two aspects … Continue reading
Easter Quotations
IN A FEW HOURS, morning will break and Christians around the world will greet each other with “He is risen; He is risen indeed.” I’ve been mindful of the time almost all week, attending a short church service for many … Continue reading
Song of Freedom . . . and Law
MY FRIDAY MORNING started with an interesting discussion with a student about the works and thoughts of Dostoyevsky. Since I didn’t know much more than the average English major on the topic, we ended up discussing the strange relationship between … Continue reading
Tenth Post and My Favorite Song of All Time?
I THINK WordPress might throw me a party for getting up to a tenth post here. Well, not really. But they do count down for you, for your first ten at least. And so here it is. If you’re reading … Continue reading
The Big Picture for Beginners and Forgetters
ONE OF THE STRANGE DIFFICULTIES of twenty-first century Christian faith in America is that it is so flat. In our attempt to make and keep things simple, we have committed a unfortunate reduction. The “heaven or hell gambit” has been … Continue reading
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Learning and Lent
HOPEFULNESS seems like a strange way to start the season of Lent, I suppose. With a closer look, though, I think we’d find every religious impulse, every act of faith, so somehow rooted in hope. Even discipline. Perhaps with discipline … Continue reading
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Shades of Blue
OVERLAP between two of my favorite websites or areas of interest can be fairly rare. Sure, the genre of LOST makes it a little more likely to have shown up on a “comic book” website, but it’s almost unheard of … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 