“And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Reading in Wright’s History and Eschatology this morning I found myself reflecting on this idea that Jesus “is” making all things new. It is easy to transport this passage entirely into a vision of the future whereContinue reading “Hope and the Human Struggle: Learning to Hold on to the Promise of New Creation”
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Good Memories, Bad Memories, And the Artful Work of Shaping Our Stories
In the beginning of 2021 I started a personal research project on the subject of memory, something I’ve been giving some time to off and on over the past 6 months. One of the aspects of memory that I have found interesting to dig into was this seeming competing relationship between how it is thatContinue reading “Good Memories, Bad Memories, And the Artful Work of Shaping Our Stories”
Messages of Togetherness in a Moment of Mutual Isolation: The Neverending Pandemic
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ Galatians 6:2 The purpose of this blogspace was to provide me with opportunity and (hopefully) motivation to dialogue with and capture the stories that inspire me, form me, challenge me, make me laugh, cry, or shout out in anger. These stories come from film,Continue reading “Messages of Togetherness in a Moment of Mutual Isolation: The Neverending Pandemic”
Our Obsession With Youth and Youth Culture and the Challenge of Aging in the West
Although this is something I was aware of, a recent chapter from the book The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand really brought to light how the West arrived where it did in terms of understanding the relationship between youth and the elderly. The move to create and defineContinue reading “Our Obsession With Youth and Youth Culture and the Challenge of Aging in the West”
Month in Review: Memorable Reads, Watches and Listens For May 2021
My personal highlights for the month of May… Books Born To Battle by D.A. Stewart The author D.A. Stewart actually noticed my love and affection for my favorite author Lawhead and sent me an early copy of this book to read and review. I was honored to do so of course, but my honest thoughtsContinue reading “Month in Review: Memorable Reads, Watches and Listens For May 2021”
The Free World, Foucault, and the Problem of Power in the Absence of a Grand Narrative
I had someone send me this article recently- How We Forgot Foucault by Geoff Shullenberger for American Affair Journay, linked here: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/05/how-we-forgot-foucault/– And I can’t stop thinking about it. Not only does it fit will with my previous post on Covid, published in this space, it has some major overlap with a book I’m readingContinue reading “The Free World, Foucault, and the Problem of Power in the Absence of a Grand Narrative”
Pondering Covid, Vaccines, and the Complicated Nature of Human Life
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” Cesare Pavese Some news this week. I finally got vaccinated (for Covid 19). While this certainly doesn’t feel revolutionary- I’m far from the only one getting vaccinated, and as the vaccine rollout continues to ramp up in my hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba it should become moreContinue reading “Pondering Covid, Vaccines, and the Complicated Nature of Human Life”
The Problem of Guilt: Making Sense of the Modern World Without A Narrative of Forgiveness
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:3 AContinue reading “The Problem of Guilt: Making Sense of the Modern World Without A Narrative of Forgiveness”
God, Work, Creation: Motherhood and the Central Human Vocation
In James Suzman’s book Work: A Deep History from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots, he spends a good amount of time attempting to locate the question, why is it that modern humans hold the relationship to work that we do? As the book develops, he fleshes out what this relationship is, whatContinue reading “God, Work, Creation: Motherhood and the Central Human Vocation”
Month in Review: Memorable Reads, Watches and Listens For April 2021
Films Nomadland (2020) After seeing and being taken with Chloe Zhoa’s The Rider, one of my all time favorite films, I became enamored with whatever it was that she was going to make next. When Nomadland was announced I eagerly awaited it’s arrival. Which took a long, long time to finally become available. Having readContinue reading “Month in Review: Memorable Reads, Watches and Listens For April 2021”
The Stories of my Life 