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2023: Podcast, Music, and More Edition
Yesterday I shared some quick reflections on the year in movies and television. Today I want to share three things: a podcast, a musician, and a life change. The Podcast I’m not really a podcast guy. I’ve got friends and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Friendship, Hawaii, Music, The Long Story
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“Made for People” Redux
Back in August I wrote a few posts about Justin Whitmel Earley’s Made for People. I enjoyed the book so much that I did a short seminar on it for some students at school a few weeks ago. Instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Church, Faith, Friendship, Life in the Fifth Act, Teaching
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Staying True
Last week I was talking to a co-worker about Made for People who then recommended to me Hua Hsu’s Stay True. Stay True is a biographical account of college life for Hsu, who attended Berkley back in the 90s. And … Continue reading
Fighting for Friendship
As Aristotle tells it, there are three kinds of friendship: the pleasing friendship, the useful friendship, and the friendship pointed toward the good (see also Victor Lee Austin’s Friendship). So friends that are fun, friends that help us get something … Continue reading
Being Made for People
Of the many great things about Justin Whittle Earley’s Made for People (and there are many great things), the greatest is the assertion Earley makes early in the book about Jesus and friendship: It may seem odd to cast the … Continue reading
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
Posted in Books, Faith, Friendship, Notes for a World's End
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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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
Space Enough, and Time 