Archive for March, 2010
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Worth the listen: Nathanael Mehrens
The past few days have been filled with rushing to get my essays done for class. I was recently asked if I listen to music while I write/study and if so, “what gets you through” it?
Well, this question is tough to answer because sometimes it’s classical music, other times jazz, but recently, I’ve been listening [...]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
remembering nick drake (1948-1974)
Last night, April & I ate at an amazing restaurant in Newcastle called The Big Mussel. Afterwards, we walked down to the Sage to see a tribute concert to Nick Drake.
Now, normally, I wouldn’t go to a tribute concert and pay money for it, but there was a private screening of a documentary about Nick [...]
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
regretful resident aliens
In the most recent issue of The Christian Century, Will Willimon expresses regret over his co-authored book Resident Aliens (1989) which he wrote with Stanley Hauerwas. This was a hugely influential book for me and my friends when we were in undergrad. I hadn’t thought about why it was appealing to us as undergrads until [...]
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
theology: fail!
Thanks to Halden for linking to this.
Seeing this picture and reading a recent article by a Princeton trained theologian prompted me to reflect…
If one stops to think about the past 50 years of theological scholarship, a lot has happened over the years. Just to list a few things that have impacted the scope of [...]