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The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald A lovely and simple old world fantasy that remains influential for the ways it helped establish a genre and set the stage for others to shape its landscape. It’s about characters and the paths they travel as lives intersect, offering characters who exist beyond caricatures of goodContinue reading “2021 Retrospective: Favorite Fiction Reads”

My Most Important Reads of 2021: #1- History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology by N.T. Wright It’s no secret that Wright has been a formative voice in my life. This is one of a handful of new books released in the last year or two, a few of which could beContinue reading “My Most Important Reads of 2021: #1- History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology by N.T. Wright”

I wrote some reflections on Encanto in relationship with Advent. It’s found here at the Fear of God: https://www.thefearofgodpodcast.com/blog/holdingcourtencanto

My Most Important Reads of 2021: #2- Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason by Justin E. H. Smith Without a doubt the book I have recommended and cited the most in 2021. The brilliance of its central thesis is the way it operates as a foundation through which to engage all elseContinue reading “My Most Important Reads of 2021: #2, Irrationality: A History of the Dark side of Reason by Justice E. H. Smith”

This is a piece I wrote on The French Dispatch in convsersation with the book and the online movement Accidentally Wes Anderson. It is posted on the Fear of God Website here: https://www.thefearofgodpodcast.com/blog/holdingcourtthefrenchdispatch

My Top 10 Most Important Reads in 2021: #3- Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots by James Suzman If you’ve ever wondered about how it is that our society with its 5 day work week and economic/social expectations came to be this is a wonderful book that tracksContinue reading “My Top 10 Most Important Reads in 2021: #3 Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots by James Suzman”

My Top Most Important Reads of 2021: #4 The Mysteries of Cinema: Movies and Imagination by Peter Conrad Similar to Dave Grohl in his new autobiography (highly recommended as well), where he describes his music as worship, playing shows as his spiritual experience, and the auditoriums as his cathedrals, I often cite the theater asContinue reading “My Top Most Important Reads of 2021: #4 The Mysteries of Cinema: Movies and Imagination by Peter Conrad”

My Top Most Important Reads in 2021: #5- 21 Lessons for The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari “In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.” This statement which opens Harari’s third book in what is a trilogy exploring the past (Sapiens), future (Homos Deus) and now the present of humanity, captures theContinue reading “My Top Most Important Reads in 2021: #521 Lessons for The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari”

A few years ago I began a New Years Resolution Plan called Rosebud. I heard about it on one of the travel podcasts that I follow. The process essentially looks like this:Step 1: List Three Roses-This is the stuff that I would consider the greatest strengths, successes or accomplishments of the past year, the stuffContinue reading “2021 Retrospective: Rosebud, An Integrated Resolution Plan”

A word on lists before I get to my top films of 2021. First, as is often the case wrestling these films down into a list was difficult. There is an argument to made that “lists” aren’t the best way to represent a year as these numbered spots are fluid and hardly static when setContinue reading “My Top Fims of 2021 Part 2: Top 20”