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Christopher Benson

Why We Need the Dark - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jesus taught that “people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil” (John 3:19). As an anthropological and ethical statement, this is unequivocally true. But do we need physical darkness? In a National Geographic article entitled […]

Christopher BensonFormation

Time Poverty and the Sabbath

Time Poverty and the Sabbath

Christopher Benson

Crazy Ivar: Walking Gently on the Earth - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A Meditation on Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! Shortly after the death of Nebraska pioneer John Bergson, his children––Alexandra, Lou, Oscar, and Emil––go on a “pleasure excursion” to buy a hammock from Crazy Ivar, who obtained the name from his hermetic […]

Jake Meador

On Land and Its Marks

On Land and Its Marks

Tex

St. George, Patron of Tolerance? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

St. George is an unlikely candidate for “saint most likely to promote tolerance and ecumenical understanding” these days.  The legendary soldier is most often pictured astride a gallant warhorse, nobly piercing a large dragon with his lance or spear while […]

Christopher BensonLiterature

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

Jake MeadorLiberal ArtsMarriageTheology and PracticeSocietyFormation

Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding

Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding

TexPoliticsEthicsAnthropologyPhilosophySociologyembodimentWar/International RelationsLiberal ArtsSocial TrendsTheology and PracticeSociety

Carrying the Fallen

Carrying the Fallen

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Dangers of New Media--All Posts

The Dangers of New Media--All Posts

Rebecca ElizabethUncategorized

A Study Revisited (US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study)

A Study Revisited (US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study)

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Dangers of New Media (fin)

The Dangers of New Media (fin)

Tex

Reading the Hymns: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I have so enjoyed Matt’s weekly postings of hymnodic reflections that I’ve jumped at the opportunity to continue the series during his absence.  This week’s hymn, another of the four most popular Anglican hymns, is often sung in the days […]