From “In Praise of Boredom,” by James K.A. Smith. But I know at least this: Instagram won’t save us, and tweeted verse will not undo what we’ve done to ourselves. But neither is there any special enchantment to reading in print. So this is not the Luddite’s redoubt, nostalgically canonizing codex or canvas as if… Continue reading Let’s learn how to be bored again
Category: The Christian Life
This is where the rubber meets the road. What will you do with the knowledge you’ve been given? How has God gifted you in particular ways to meet particular needs in the world around you? What role do you have to play in advancing the Good Story?
Use Rapoport’s Rules for Better Conversations and Disagreements
I’m reading Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s excellent book, Think Again: How to Reason and Argue. In it (on pages 25–26), I came across “Rapoport’s Rules.” First formulated by mathematical psychologist Anatol Rapoport and discussed by Daniel Dennett (Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, 31–35), here they are: 1: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position… Continue reading Use Rapoport’s Rules for Better Conversations and Disagreements
A Prayer of Confession
To start off the semester the other day, we prayed this prayer of confession together as a class. The professor didn’t remember where the prayer was from, so I tracked it down online. According to Justin Taylor, it was written by Bob Kauflin. Holy and righteous God, we confess that like Isaiah, we are a… Continue reading A Prayer of Confession
What Attracts People to Anglicanism? Here’s My Take
Based upon my work over at Rookie Anglican, I was asked by The Telos Collective to write a blog post about the different ways that people are coming into Anglicanism. What’s drawing them in? You can read my full post over at the Telos Collective blog, but here’s a taste: Anglican Christianity, precisely because of… Continue reading What Attracts People to Anglicanism? Here’s My Take
Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson
Previously, I catalogued a bunch of different takes on Jordan Peterson, before giving my own take. Since that post, two other pieces about Jordan Peterson have been written that I’d like to share. “Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy,” by Nellie Bowles (New York Times) Nellie Bowles writes Mr. Peterson, 55, a University of Toronto… Continue reading Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson