Category Archives: Books, Music & Culture
Why Do I Go to Extremes?
“Darling, I don’t know why I go to extremes. Too high or too low, there ain’t no in betweens. And if I stand or I fall, it’s all or nothing at all. Darling, I don’t know why I go to … Continue reading
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Why I Read “The Iliad”
Just finished Homer’s The Iliad. There’s much to say about the story and its importance (perhaps later), but I think it might be a good idea to share why I even invested two months of reading into this epic. Why should … Continue reading
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Divorce Me
Something I have really enjoyed lately is poetry. It’s just good stuff for the mind, and the heart. This sonnet by John Donne, written in the early seventeenth century, is the fourteenth of nineteen “Divine Sonnets” composed after Jesus got a … Continue reading
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Review of Tim Keller’s “The Prodigal God”
Nutshell: Every sinner is blind, especially those without a good mirror. prod·i·gal (adj.) 1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant; 2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish. “Prodigal God”–put that in your theological pipe and smoke it! Keller hits a couple key points of … Continue reading
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On Loan From God
“Your money, your singleness, marriage, talent and time / they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine.” (Lecrae, “Don’t Waste Your Life”) An unlikely poet, perhaps, but a poet of our time nonetheless. Even those of … Continue reading
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Review of Ed Welch’s “When People Are Big and God is Small”
I think it would be good for me to reflect for a few moments about what I just read. I really should probably write out some sort of review (in the sense of reflecting back upon) of everything I read. … Continue reading
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