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On Refusing to Be Comforted This Christmastide
It is a commonplace that Christianity, being a faith in the manifestation of God in the flesh, is a religion especially invested in history, in the importance of place...
Frames of Mind
My attention span is waning. I’ve noted it for the past couple of years: No longer can I sit for hours with a single book before me—barely recognizable is...
How Arrested Development Taught Me to Read the Scriptures
Like any show with a cult following, Arrested Development is a show you can’t leave alone; better, it is a text you can’t put down. I use the word...
