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Pokemon Go as Reality Filter?
(Pokémon Go/Gustave Caillebotte, “Le Pont de l’Europe,” 1876 from CityLab.com) Nicholas Carr (writer of The Shallows and The Glass Cage) recently posted his own “take” on the Pokemon Go/augmented reality discussion, mostly from the vantage point of art and Instagram. … Continue reading
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Once More with Affection
Wendell Berry’s case for affection is an interesting and potent one, especially in light of a contemporary culture that seems content on consuming itself. And because of its limited use, affection could be a term that helps reinvigorate something vital … Continue reading
Epistemological Humility
Throughout his lecture on life in light of affection, Berry attempts to remind us of the significance of the local and the personal. Certain kinds of knowledge, certain kinds of ways of life, are ultimately antithetical to “the good life.” … Continue reading
Think Ahead: Beyond Specialization
One of the things that I like most about Stanley Hauerwas’s letter to Christians starting college is that he takes a few paragraphs to think ahead to the time when a student moves from core curriculum to major and minor … Continue reading
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Think Ahead: Books, Books, Books (or Just Keep Swimming)
In his letter to college freshmen who are Christians, Stanley Hauerwas introduces the idea of students being theologians, which he contextually defines as thinking about what you are learning in light of Christ. This does not happen by making everything … Continue reading
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Think Ahead: Minds Needed, Minds Wanted
The church, particularly the evangelical Protestant kind, often has a strange relationship between faith and learning. It as if one must necessarily cancel out the other. And while I got more of a sense of that when heading off to … Continue reading
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Think Ahead: The College Calling
“The Christian religion,” wrote Robert Louis Wilken, “is inescapably ritualistic (one is received into the Church by a solemn washing with water), uncompromisingly moral (‘be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect,’ said Jesus), and unapologetically intellectual (be … Continue reading
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Two Things for the Toolbox
Yesterday I reflected some on a recent article by Alan Jacobs about “dropping clues in our technological society.” I linked to the article in the hopes that you would take note of the last thing that Jacobs suggests as a … Continue reading
Grit and Bear It
I’m about halfway through Angela Duckworth’s Grit. It’s not quite the kind of book that I’d normally read, really. David Brooks praised it in his column last week, though, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s a good … Continue reading
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What Bubbles Up
At this point in the story, I think I’ve linked to almost every short video for James K. A Smith’s You Are What You Love. Here’s one more, though. This one is about vocation. It’s a nice teaser for some … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 