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Monday, August 15, 2016

Plain talk from Dallas Willard

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Here's another foundational statement from Renovation of the Heart : We must clearly understand that there is a rigorous consistency...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

A reason to vote for Trump

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My favorite moment of the presidential campaign happened back in February when Donald Trump stood before a crowd of Republican establishment...
Monday, August 8, 2016

A legendary trio: Ford, Wayne and Fonda

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John Ford's two favorite actors were John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Essential to being a Ford favorite on screen, was being a Ford favorite...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

What Trump could have said to Mr. and Mrs. Khan

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I don't have the bandwidth to follow every twist and turn of the Trump craziness, but Rod Dreher does , and he imagines what Trump could...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Dallas Willard - spiritual formation is not optional

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Here's a foundational statement from Chapter 1 of  Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ : a book every disciple o...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

NBA hypocrisy

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I don't know anything about North Carolina Congressman Robert Pittenger, but I salute him for lowering the boom on the rank hypocrisy an...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Fear and loathing in Cleveland

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I resisted turning on the Republican National Convention for three nights, but last night I settled in shortly after 8pm to see the show. An...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Republocrat: Chapter 3 "Not-So-Fantastic Mr. Fox"

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The scandal and turmoil engulfing Fox News Channel reminded me of this post from 2010. It was part of a series I did on a book by Carl Truem...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Merton for a fearful age

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Thomas Merton has been a source of great comfort and inspiration throughout the past few angry and blood-soaked months, angry and blood-s...
Monday, July 11, 2016

1968 Redux?

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Ross Douthat  speculates on whether history is repeating itself and we are entering a period of American history not unlike the late 60s/ear...
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disciple of Christ Jesus, husband, father, lover of books, movies, and soccer
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