Monthly Archives: February 2010

Impressions on a Fat Tuesday

Roy Orbison sings “Pretty Woman” as the man by the window, white earplugs delivering his preferred white noise, ruffles the paper, sets it down, and stands up to leave, almost as if he can feel me observing, writing about him.   … Continue reading

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The Last Station

What is love? It’s an appropriate question to encounter on the day before Valentine’s Day, and Saturday afternoon, the question appeared with force in Michael Hoffman’s film, The Last Station, starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, and Paul Giamatti. … Continue reading

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Grace and Work

Peter Block, in The Answer to How is Yes, makes a simple pair of statements.  “…it is never efficient or inexpensive to act on our values.  There is no such thing as cheap grace.” Chris Goldman attributes the theology of … Continue reading

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Another Thanks

Every once in awhile, I am reminded to be grateful.  In the midst of devastating earthquakes,  the loss of children, the despair of loved ones, and the slow slipping away of life and vitality that waits for all of us, … Continue reading

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In Secret

I’m plowing back through Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount.  It never gets old.  In Matthew 6, Jesus says (essentially)  to be careful about what you do in public.  Dallas Willard calls this this principle of secrecy.   Pride … Continue reading

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