Over at ConversantLife, we’re through the Preface of the “dating book.” It really needs a title–any suggestions? This week, we’re going to be working our way through the first chapter. My central contention–that dating and courting as institutions are dead–is perhaps the most difficult to prove. For those readers whom have contact with high school or [...]
Archive for November, 2008
November 30, 2008
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IPhones and Advent: iHabitus’s Advent 08
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsSince the mid-20th century, Christianity has happily played the role of cultural follower. Our art, our music, our literature has reflected the ongoing innovation of the world around us. Nowhere has this been more true than online. While Christians began writing blogs early enough (especially those in the emerging church), those early adopters rarely went [...]
November 30, 2008
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Come, Lord Jesus: A Meditation on Advent
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)This Sunday marks the first Sunday of the Advent season. Though historically neglected by many evangelicals, Advent has made a resurgence in recent years. We will be updating and editing posts from previous years to celebrate the Advent season. “Come, Lord Jesus.” This is the prayer that we pray on the First Sunday of Advent. [...]
November 27, 2008
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On Giving Thanks and Saying Grace
By Matthew Lee Anderson in All Things LovelyOn this day, many Americans will engage in the semi-religious rituals that compose “Thanksgiving.” We gather together in our communities, put on the appropriate costumes, and entertain and amuse ourselves before sitting down for a celebratory feast. Though thoroughly secular, the Thanksgiving holiday returns many people to that primal sense of indebtedness that is near [...]
November 24, 2008
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World Philosophy Day: In Memoriam
By Tex in Christianity and Culture, Humor, PhilosophyLast Friday and Saturday the world celebrated World Philosophy day. Where were you? Were you trapped in a Sartean Hell with No Exit and the only windows being the eyes of your tortured inmates? Or were you finding your intial enthusiasm beginning to flag while you waited for Xeno’s paradoxical turtle to cross a finite [...]
November 22, 2008
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APEC 2008
By Tex in America, EconomicsEyes are on Peru this week, and this time they aren’t the ever-watchful eyes of NGOs monitoring fair and just elections, nor are they the eyes of the bulldog military that are constantly on guard against drug trafficking. Peru is striving to enter en force on the international trade scene and, ten years after becoming [...]
November 17, 2008
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Build a Better Dating(?) Book
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsOn September 15th, 2005, I told the Mere-O audience that I was setting out to write a book on dating. The publishing leads were all lined up, my thoughts were all ready to go, and my level of enthusiasm was through the roof. So much has happened in my life since then that it is [...]
November 12, 2008
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On Chestertonian Thomism
By Matthew Lee Anderson in LiteratureG.K. Chesterton is best known for his apologetic works Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. But the work that earned him some of the highest praise was Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox. The story of how Chesterton wrote the book is well known in Chestertonian circles. It is said that he dictated the book over [...]
November 7, 2008
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Orthodoxy Turns 100
By Matthew Lee Anderson in LiteratureI have always thought that every academic–or wannabe, such as myself–ought have one or two hypotheses that are held very loosely, are somewhat defensible but impossible to prove, and just fringe enough to make academic parties mildly interesting. One such hypothesis that I have occasionally advanced is that G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy is the most important work of [...]
November 4, 2008
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Our President Elect, and My Hopes for a Cheerful Conservatism
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsTonight, the American people spoke and elected Barack Obama as their–as our–President. It is a historic decision, and one that will doubtlessly be scrutinized relentlessly. Barack Obama has run a masterful campaign–perhaps one of the most effective campaigns in history–and the prevailing winds that favored his election do not detract from the momentousness of his [...]
November 4, 2008
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You voted?
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Happy & SadThe national badge of pride today is the ubiquitous, modest, and yet glorious sticker sporting the (short and yet complete) sentence: “I voted.” Anyone sporting this sticker is rewarded not only with the pride of civic duty accomplished, but free free donuts, free Baskin Robbins, and free Starbucks. But less known are the following related [...]
November 3, 2008
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A Final Reflection on the Vote
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsFor pro-life conservatives, this election is different than most. Years of pro-life gains–and yes, in case you haven’t heard, the pro-life cause extends beyond overturning Roe–stand to be overturned. The malaise currently affecting the Republican party could give Democrats power that is unprecendented in my lifetime. Justin Taylor has summed up what I think is [...]