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Education as Starvation Diet
As with many other areas of life, education tends to be a perpetual victim of trends and fads. Unmoored from any deep-rooted principle or practice, the contemporary classroom and campus now finds itself blown here and there by whatever assertions … Continue reading
Like It’s 1943
This weekend I finally finished The Year of Our Lord 1943 by Alan Jacobs. In the book, Jacob traces the war-time thinking of thinkers like Simone Weil, Jacques Maritain, W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, and C. S. Lewis, particularly … Continue reading
“Distill, and Know That I am God”
Let’s start with this recent classic Calvin and Hobbes strip recently posted to gocomics.com: I’m about to board a plane that will take me to a place I’ve never been that’s also a place where there’s a lot of nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Faith, Teaching, The Long Story
Tagged Alan Jacobs, James K A Smith
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A Matter of Formation
It’s both interesting and sobering to see how the roles of faith and Scripture are being shaped and perhaps recast in our contemporary moment. Yesterday’s online conversation was dominated by the meaning of Romans 13 as it relates to government … Continue reading
“Hope in the Disastrous World of Time”
It’s always good to find writers you appreciate writing well about the stories you love. Even though I can’t yet bring myself to reread the Harry Potter series, I always enjoy reading things about the story of “the boy who … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Notes for a World's End
Tagged Alan Jacobs, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
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Unclosed Loop: How to Think
The floor of my digital mind is littered with reflections that didn’t make it to this site. At the end of December, I started titling a handful of entries with the phrase “Unclosed Loop.” It’s a reference to something I … Continue reading
About Thinking
This morning I started my my quick second-reading of Alan Jacobs’s recent release, How to Think. Over the last two years, Jacobs’ voice has become one that I both enjoy and heed. While he doesn’t blog as much as I … Continue reading
