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Memorial: A Meditation on Advent

This Sunday marks the second Sunday of the Advent season. Though historically neglected by many evangelicals, Advent has made a resurgence in recent years. To that end, we are going

Keith E. BuhlerPolitics

First Black President (redux)

"What if just to mess up the Democrats, Bush resigned this week. What if, when Dick Cheney became president, he appointed Condoleezza Rice as his VP. What if Dick

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Continuing the Dating Book

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

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

IPhones and Advent: iHabitus's Advent 08

Since 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.

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Come, Lord Jesus: A Meditation on Advent

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

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and PracticeFormation

On Giving Thanks and Saying Grace

On 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

Tex

World Philosophy Day: In Memoriam

Last 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 […]

TexEconomics and Business

APEC 2008

Eyes 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 […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Build a Better Dating(?) Book

On 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

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

On Chestertonian Thomism

G.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:

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

Orthodoxy Turns 100

I 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,

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

You voted?

The 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