

James R. Edwards, commenting on Mark 7 and Jesus’s controversy with the Pharisees and scribes over ritual defilement. Sounds familiar…
Trooper was not being especially hospitable to our friend Carlos last night
Lunch with the staff team at Leroy and Lewis
Currently reading: The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony 📚
Currently reading: The Insider’s Guide to ADHD by Penny Williams 📚
My family knows the way to my heart
I’m teaching on the Ascension in the morning: an oft-neglected doctrine that’s become increasingly precious to me over the years.
Ascension (2000) by Laura James:
Ascension of Christ (c. 1350) from the Hohenfurth monastery:
dapper fellow
Finished reading: Migrations of the Holy by William T. Cavanaugh 📚
A disjointed book, to be sure: It felt like a collection of previously published essays, which means it didn’t quite cohere into a satisfying whole. BUT, with that caveat out of the way: I would still recommend it to anyone thinking through questions of political theology. Cavanaugh offers trenchant theological analysis of American political culture and the modern nation-state. Though I’m still fuzzy on what it might look like in concrete terms to complexify political space, I am convinced that Cavanaugh is barking up the right tree as it pertains to Christian political engagement.