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How to Think in 2020
Each fall I get to read through How to Think by Alan Jacobs with a group of high school juniors. It is an attempt to help students think about thinking, to consider why they have landed where they have landed … Continue reading
Easter and the End
Today we had our Easter chapel at school (having it right before Easter is often suggested, but that gets in the way of Holy Week gatherings). I wrote and recorded it in the middle of last week, which feels like … Continue reading
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Big Picture Warning
As a single guy led by faith to live far from home, I often find myself trusting in the Big Picture more than others. On the best of days I hope to live a life that more closely resembles the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ephraim Radner
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Attending to Tears
It’s been interesting to watch some of the theological reflection that’s been going on by the pastor-theologian branch of things in light of the coronavirus. It is good to have people try and make sense of things. I appreciated Wright’s … Continue reading
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Lamentations
TIME Magazine recently published a short piece by N. T. Wright about Our Current Moment. The title says it so well: Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To. “That’s not supposed to be true,” you might … Continue reading
“For the Sake of Your Love”
It’s taken a few days, but I think I’ve found a decent morning routine for “spring break” that could easily last me for the next month depending on how school scheduling works out. A good almost hour-long walk in the … Continue reading
The Long and Short of It
Scrolling through social media can be daunting and depressing in even the best of circumstances. How much more daunting and depressing it can be in times of concern and crisis. But it can also be of some comfort, as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Crouch
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Reading Mark throughout Lent
This year Mark provides the Gospel through-line for the season of Lent. When I realized this, my mind went straight to something written by Eugene Peterson many years ago (and anthologized in his collection Subversive Spirituality). I thought it might … Continue reading
Lent Alone
Today is Ash Wednesday for many Christians around the world. It is a time to remember our mortality and to repent of sin. It begins the season of Lent, which is a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter. … Continue reading
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