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What We’re Looking For
Today’s been a doozy of a day. In a good way, mind you, but a doozy nonetheless. I’m going to place this video right here for now. I’ve not watched it yet because I’m three chapters into the book. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Crouch, Technology
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Today in (Middle Earth) History
I’ll just leave these two clips from The Return of the King here to mark the events of the day in Middle Earth History . . .
Last Chance to Breathe?
For those keeping up, yesterday’s Covid test came back negative. So yesterday afternoon included a basketball game and time with the neighbors. But today? That’s the million-dollar, end-of-vacation question. This semester will be an ending of sorts, mostly by choice. … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: Sleeping through Bedtime
Lots of good comics today, but this classic Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson takes the spot. It’s one of those wonderfully sentimental strips that help leaven the biting wit and cynicism that tends to show up. (image from gocomics.com)
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The Lesson of Enoch’s Ending
I’m about two-thirds of the way through the rough draft of my chapel talk for next week (which I hope to record tomorrow). We’ve spent the last two weeks talking about friendship with God. I’ve done a little more personal-anecdote … Continue reading
Before Trapping a Space Robot . . .
There were two really good moments in this week’s Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. One of them I’m going to hold off on just a little bit longer. The first, though, is the clip below. Just before the moment goes romantic … Continue reading
Toast!
Sometimes one-off strips just go somewhere unexpectedly sweet. Like this classic Calvin and Hobbes. (image from gocomics.com)
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“Meet Me Halfway”
I had not planned on this site becoming any kind of “day in the life” journal for my spring break, but that’s kind of the rhythm that has set in over the last few days. Before I get started, here’s … Continue reading
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Living with Loss
Last week America posted a short reflection by James K. A. Smith about how Christians handle loss. What begins with a nod to Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead takes a personal turn that I found difficult and brilliant. Smith writes: A number … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Friendship, Notes for a World's End, Television, The Long Story
Tagged James K A Smith
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On Friendship
Earlier this week many conservative writers mourned the loss of Roger Scruton, a British teacher and public intellectual. His name and thinking have hovered on the edges of my interests for some time now, but I’ve not spent much time … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 