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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
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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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On Landscapes and People
While I’m moving rather slowly through it, my reading of the Letters of C. S. Lewis has been interesting on multiple levels. Right now I’m in the middle of a long letter from Jack to his brother involving a week-long … Continue reading
43: Against Abstraction
This week I started reading the letters of C. S. Lewis. I’ve skimmed them many times before. But I’ve never done a full reading like I did with Tolkien a few years ago. So as I start a new … Continue reading
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New King on the Block
I should start by going on record as saying that one of my favorite moments in Aquaman was at the end when someone says “Hail, King Arthur!” While the world of Middle Earth is key for me, the world of Arthur’s England … Continue reading
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The Question of Religious Language
Let’s start with the classic Peanuts strip that ran at gocomics.com on Christmas day: Most of us, I think, would relate a bit more with Charlie Brown, who understands the Christmas story primarily through the main images of the gospels. … Continue reading
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Reflecting on John
Today many Christians around the world spent time reflecting on the life of John the Evangelist, the apostle who penned a gospel and three letters found in the New Testament. John is a fascinating figure on multiple levels, particularly with … Continue reading
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Conversationally Speaking
Professor and author Alan Jacobs recently posted his thoughts on conversations. On one level, that sounds kind of funny (as conversations are supposedly easy things to do). And yet, as he points out in his criticism of the thoughts of … Continue reading
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The Reason is Friends
I’ve got a couple or three shows returning to the airwaves this week. The Good Place is the one I’m looking forward to most. The show takes turn after turn that makes things even more interesting even as the characters … Continue reading
Remembering to Remember
I’ve been oddly and unexpectedly reflective these last few days, mostly due to a conversation I had last week that was a kind of perspective on working with youth . . . and ultimately how it’s changed since I my … Continue reading
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