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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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Deeper Than What We Make of It
Tish Harrison Warren’s most recent piece on Easter for Christianity Today dropped after I had recorded my Easter “message” for school, but I was glad to see it when it came time to put together the reflective follow-up piece. In … Continue reading
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Walking without an Umbrella
Tonight was the first time in a while that I went out for a walk without an umbrella. We had a beautiful sunset, which was a nice way to wrap things up before classes start. The rest of the day … 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
Streams of Loving and Learning
I spent a chunk of my afternoon today working trying to get a better understanding of what the next week of teaching will look like for me. I checked out the platform that I’ll most likely be using to record … Continue reading
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Lighting a Candle
Last week I mentioned Andrew Peterson’s Local Show as going live and online in light of Our Current Moment. A number of other artists have also gone online to share things with followers and fans. Today, and just in time, … Continue reading
The Praxis Axis
If he links to things at all, Andy Crouch (of The Tech-Wise Family) almost always links to things that will really challenge my thoughts about faith and work. A few days ago he linked to a Medium essay by Jon … 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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A Way Back In (When You’re Not Outside)
In yesterday’s post, I pivoted from Yuval Levin’s discussion of institutional renewal to a question about renewal in the church. Levin spends a good bit of time talking about outsiders and insiders and how we need to see ourselves as … Continue reading
Context, Contingency, and Commitment
A few days ago, a co-worker forwarded me a copy of a document that I wrote about ten years that served as a kind of “manifesto” for what I thought could and should be accomplished at work on the level … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 