Tag: James K. A. Smith
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“…we need painters and novelists and dancers…”
We don’t just need teachers and preachers and scholars and “doctors” of the church to tell us what do do; if the gospel is going to capture imaginations and sanctify perceptions we need painters and novelists and dancers and songwriters and sculptors and poets and designers whose creative work shows the world otherwise, enabling us to imagine…
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On The Night Stand
Each month I drive south and west to meet with a few other pastors from my denomination. After some brief pleasantries we turn to the book we’re reading through together. On Wednesday we’ll begin talking about The Unnecessary Pastor by Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson. You already know of my abiding appreciation for Peterson- I’ve mentioned him…
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My 5 Favorite Books of 2012
During the year I collect a list of the books I read and then, in a completely unscientific process, choose the five I most highly recommend to you. This year I read 27 books – a pittance compared to some of your lists, but still enough to make choosing five a small challenge. Previous years’…
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Drones & Cultural Formation
RAZ: Talk about the consequences of the end of a peacetime American president. ZENKO: Well, you see it in many areas. I mean, you see it in the media this unquestioning recognition that military solutions are sufficient means for U.S. conduct of foreign policy. RAZ: We’re enablers, essentially. ZENKO: We’re – I mean, the media…
David W. Swanson 