Category Archives: Internet

Remembering the Fellowship, While Waiting for The Hobbit

I REMEMBER IT WELL: leaving a friend’s birthday party, the drive with a friend to Dallas to watch the  midnight premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring, fearing that my friend would back out at the last minute.  And then … Continue reading

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Waiting for Superman, While Waiting for The Hobbit

I TRIED.  I really tried. I was hoping to wait and see the new Man of Steel trailer for the first time Thursday night at midnight.  Then I read a bit about it and decided that I couldn’t wait. DC … Continue reading

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Trusting Shyamalan, While Waiting for The Hobbit

THOUGH THE SIX SENSE fascinated me, it was Unbreakable that taught me to trust M. Night Shyamalan.   It was the first few seconds when text about comic books played at the beginning of Shyamalan’s second major movie that I was … Continue reading

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A Better Advent, A Truer Life

WE’RE ONE WEEK INTO DECEMBER, and I have yet to decorate for the holidays.  I’m not sure what I’m waiting for.  The vog in the area has kept it warmer and gloomier than usual, which might be a contributing factor.  … Continue reading

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Miller’s Long-Term Logistics

TIME AND VOCATION are interesting for me these days.  Many of the teachers that I started with have moved on.  And even though many of our new teachers are younger than me, I find myself mostly “leading” teachers who are … Continue reading

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Advent and the Prayer for Deliverance

THE SEASON OF ADVENT started this past Sunday.  I had the opportunity to speak at a church in the area.  I used my moment to talk about story and promises and hope.  I’m not sure if it made much sense … Continue reading

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A Robin Sloan Kind of Illumination

FINDING A GOOD BOOK is one thing.  Finding a creator is almost completely different.  This past weekend, I found both. A glance at an ad in the latest issue of The Believer led me to the new fiction section of … Continue reading

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The Future was Four Days Ago . . .

YEARS AGO DOUGLAS COUPLAND wrote about our “accelerated culture.”  Things have been speeding up for a long time, but not necessarily in the way that we expected it. Seth Godin posted a quality blog about our sped-up life that’s worth … Continue reading

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The Muppets Trump CeeLo Green Any Holiday

WHILE IT’S STILL A LITTLE EARLY for me to do Christmas, any day that brings us something new from the Muppets is a great day.  While I’m not much of a CeeLo fan, I do like that he’s brought the … Continue reading

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The Doctor and Rory’s Goodbye

FEW TV SERIALS DO ‘GOODBYE’ as well or as often as the BBC’s Doctor Who.  It’s a built-in reality, with either Doctor or companions leaving every season or two.  The midpoint of the current season ended with the farewell of … Continue reading

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