Christianity
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Of Hills and Dying Thereon – Airplane Reading pt 2
One of the few YouTube channels I make time for these days is Gavin Ortlund’s Truth Unites. He is a pastor and academic who strikes an unusual balance between strength of message and serenity of tone. Ortlund promotes “irenic” Christian dialogue—from the Greek eirḗnē, “peace”—which, as the name implies, approaches theological topics (even arguments) with Continue reading
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Memorial Day Musings (stream of consciousness)
When I was younger, Memorial Day was often a gray-green, sleepy day—a little chilly. It was not a holiday we “celebrated,” at least not with cookouts or get-togethers. With some rhododendrons or other flowers from our garden, we’d drive up to the distant cemetery where my great-grandparents were buried under a range of shady trees. Continue reading
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Holy Saturday
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed Continue reading
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Thoreau on News, Spiritual Life
Last week I read “Life Without Principle” by Henry David Thoreau on the YouTube channel. It’s a fairly short essay (text here) and, from what I could tell, gives a good overview of his outlook on the world if you haven’t read Walden in entirety yet (*cough* guilty). He has a lot of good thoughts Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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