Category: Blog

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I don’t want a hero

I went to a funeral this week — the best kind of funeral, where you laugh while you’re sopping up the tears that are gathering

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Raise A Glass

Recently, “Academic Twitter” went a little crazy when Jay Van Bavel of NYU reposted and commented on a 2014 Inside Higher Ed piece that had

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Perpetual Motion

People seem to have given up on the idea of a perpetual motion machine. But The Twelve is about as close as you’ll come. Day

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Is Psychology Everything?

Once upon a time, I was suspicious of psychology. It was an enemy of faith. Psychology purported that healthy, balanced people did not need religion.

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Lent Without Easter

By Joshua Vis Only Jesus has experienced Lent and Easter. For the rest of us, life is Lent. We know only a life of Lent.

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Pious Petunia Puts on the Ashes

After a long hiatus, guest columnist Pious Petunia returns with wise and timely guidance along the Lenten pilgrim path. Dear Miss Petunia: I’m the pastor

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Remember Me

Let me be a thief. Or rather, let me be the thief. You remember him. Stripped and pinned, dismantled and disoriented, he hangs between life and

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The Grace of Ashes

With poise and grace she walked toward me as if we were about to enter a dance. She was the lead and I was to

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