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Back to Lucy’s Incentive
Last week, and in acknowledgment of the many incentives for spring break, I posted the first of a series of classic Peanuts strips where Schroeder, ever stonewalling Lucy’s romantic advances, finally agrees to kiss her if she hits a homeroom. … Continue reading
The Journey of Lent
One last Lent-specific post for the week. From a recent essay from the folks at Public Discourse: In important ways, both the story of Jesus’ tempting by Satan and the season of Lent evoke the traditional Christian practice of pilgrimage. Pilgrimages … Continue reading
The Hunger and the Hope
This past Sunday I found myself really wanting to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi. While I enjoyed it as a theatrical release, it hasn’t really aged well on the home-player. Something about the whole Canto Bight subplot is just … Continue reading
Lent and the Unintentional Hermit
For some time now I’ve been meaning to post this quote from the beginning of Leah Libresco’s Building the Benedict Option: I’ve never felt called to imitate Saint Simeon Stylites. I’ve never sensed God calling me to build a pillar … Continue reading
Preparing for Lent
The season of Lent begins this week. It’s also one of the craziest weeks of the school year for me, which is a way of saying that there’s a good chance my mind won’t be too much on Lent. Beyond … Continue reading
Transfiguration
While it wasn’t acknowledged much in my own church besides the children’s literature for the morning, yesterday was celebrated as “Transfiguration Sunday” in many churches across the world. It’s a little like the “last breath before the plunge” that is … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 