Saturday, December 31, 2022

The 10 Best Books I Read in 2022

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The ten best--most enjoyable, most thought-provoking, most edifying, most question-raising, most fun--books I read this past year, in alphab...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

The 10 Best Movies I Watched in 2022

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As always, the movies which I watched in 2022, whether they were released this year or not, that I thought the best and/or that I got the mo...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Blame Christmas

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[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] Towards the end W.H. Auden’s For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio , written 80 years ago, Auden giv...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Justice and Inclusion: From Isaiah’s Pen to our Eyes and Ears

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[Cross-posted to Religious Socialism . A version of this post originally appeared on By Common Consent ] Back in 2014, I embarked on a read ...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Bono, Christian Neoliberal (but also, Perhaps, a Little Bit More)

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[I was asked to write about Bono's memoir for Current ; my review is here , but, as usual, I've posted my longer version here, as a ...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Friendly Disagreements with Justice Stegall (A Continuing Series)

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[This is an expanded version of a column of mine making the rounds here in Kansas ; as usual, I pretentiously felt I needed more space to ma...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Thoughts on Reading (and Being Surprised by) Isaiah

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[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] Back in 2014, I embarked on a read of the complete Old Testament, with a close focus on the text. It to...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Planning and "The Politics of Beauty": Reflections on Stewart Udall

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[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ]  John de Graaf, an author, filmmaker, and friend of Front Porch Republic, has recently completed a d...