A Kingly Calling

A few days ago, I was once again confronted with the fact that I am not nearly as familiar with scripture as I like to think I am. As in so many other contexts, the lens through which i view the bible is one that i am usually unaware even exists. And of course, when [...]

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Philippians: Chapter Two

Philippians Chapter Two:
Rather than going verse by verse, I’m just going to address the major theme of this passage (especially of vs. 1-18), and my personal response to it.
Reading this passage, despite its old familiarity, still makes me ache. In fact, I think it hurts a little more each time I read it. Part of [...]

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Just a few thoughts

on art and creativity, and what comes post-post-modernism.
Obliterationism, or: The human desire to smash things to bits
It seems to me that this generation’s version of creation is actually destruction. I don’t mean deconstructivism, but something more, something active, something that hearkens back to the four-year-old’s glee as he reduces his lego castle to tiny pieces, [...]

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New PotW

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Thoughts on Philippians — part 1

While in Italy, I have been reading through the book of Philippians. Shortly before leaving the states, i purchased a new Bible, largely b.c i had covered the old one with all sorts of notes in the margins, half of which i dont agree with anymore and all of which i was sick of reading. [...]

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Summer Travels

Well, as you’ve no doubt noticed, I have utterly failed up update my blog whatsoever whilst in Italy. This is not a complete failure to document my trip, though, b.c I have been sending out regular updates with photos and stories to an email list. Said updates were put together in indesign, and i can’t [...]

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