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The Quiet Dignity of Life Between the Times

May 2nd, 2011 | 4 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

When the news of Usama bin Laden’s death broke on Twitter last night, I was preparing with my wife to settle in to watch the latest episode of one of our not-so-guilty pleasures, Friday Night Lights. We paused to feel the weight of the moment and watch our President give a very fine address, and then deliberately turned our faces toward the somewhat less serious matter of catching up on the news from Dillon.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.