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The Deity and the Details
A couple of weeks ago, back in my fifth Lenten reflection using Erik Varden’s The Shattering of Loneliness, I mentioned his use of the church father Irenaeus, particularly his “notion of God and man getting used to each other.” I … Continue reading
Eastertide
Yesterday, a week after Easter Sunday, church was mostly “back to normal.” Which is both understandable and unfortunate. At least with some version of Advent, and the desire to keep the tree up a little bit longer, Christmas gets to … Continue reading
The Resurrection Optic
Over the Lenten season I’ve posted some short reflections on Erik Varden’s The Shattering of Loneliness. I think it appropriate to link to his Easter reflection, which I found to be short and sweet. You can read the whole thing … Continue reading
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Remembrance Part Six
Throughout The Shattering of Loneliness, Erik Varden brings to attention a number of instances in the Biblical Story where remembrance is key. He started with the Ash Wednesday reminder that we are dust. From there he revisited call to remember … Continue reading
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John’s Maundy Thursday
Tonight I had the opportunity to attend a beautiful Tenebrae service at a local church where a dear friend serves on the worship team. It was a service full of good music, poignant testimonies, and full readings from the Gospel … Continue reading
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Remembrance Part Four
In one of two chapters on the theological virtue of faith in Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis encourages his readers to see the battle of faith as being between “faith and reason on one side and emotion and imagination on … Continue reading
Spring Break Scramble
This last week has gone by in a blur. That’s to be expected, of course, at the end of a quarter or semester. The week has been packed with classes and grading and meetings and trying to wrap things up … Continue reading
Remembrance Part Two
For me, most Lenten seasons start with the “bang” of Ash Wednesday but quickly fall into a slough of messy hopes and habits. That’s a cost of being interested in the church calendar as a member of a church that … Continue reading
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Wilderness Training
The first (and perhaps primary) image of Lent is of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness. It’s a moment in time that three of the four Gospels capture, a hinge moment between Jesus’ baptism by John and the beginning of His … Continue reading
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Doubts and Ladders
This week my department started discussing Matthew Lee Anderson’s Called in Questions, which is about the importance of asking questions in the Christian life. We had a good conversation about the first chapter or so, with opinions about the place … Continue reading
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