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Joss Whedon Says the Darndest Things
I’VE BEEN A JOSS WHEDON FAN for a while now. Firefly then Buffy then Dollhouse. The Avengers? I was one of those that saw it not so much as “hopefully the best Marvel movie ever” but as “Joss Whedon’s best … Continue reading
King and Kingdom: Thoughts on N. T. Wright
LAST NIGHT AT CHURCH we sang Psalm 82, with one verse saying: “Arise, O God, and rule the earth, for you shall take all nations for your own.” This psalm, I teach my sophomores, would be known as an enthronement … Continue reading
Sea Change or Shifting Sand?
I’VE SPENT the last few weeks working through David Kinnaman’s You Lost Me with co-workers. It has been an interesting, and at times heated, discussion about connecting with young adults who are “leaving the church . . . and rethinking … Continue reading
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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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Space Enough, and Time 