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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: A big week

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Friday, July 3, 2015. It's been quite a week here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Tomorrow is Independence Day, and several Supreme Court decisions have transformed the emotions, opportunities, and political rhetoric of millions of people across the country, in all parts of the political spectrum. Let There Be Light. An Open Letter to My Fellow Christians Regarding Today's SCOTUS Decision. Rev Jeremy Troxler, UMC). Jim Schutze, Dallas Observer). Subscrib...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Replay ruins everything

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. At some point during almost every football game Noel and I watched this season, he had to endure the same rant from me. It's the replay rant. There are ancillary rants, but they are all related to the replay rant. I can sum it up with the title of this post, although of course there are so many nuances. Here are some of the things replay has ruined:. Even though the new rules require players to "control the ball" all the way through their fall ...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Envisioning

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. When I'm working on a book, I naturally sometimes picture it on a shelf, in a bookstore, on a conference display table, in a reader's hand. When I do, though, the image of the book is indistinct. I don't imagine a particular color or font on the color. It's all kind of a blur. And asked me which of several paintings I preferred. For The Divine Decision. And Handbook of Process Theology. This is a new kind of excitement for me. I have no expectati...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Welcome back

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Monday, January 5, 2015. I'll never forget the moment in early October when I finished chapter 7. For weeks I'd been mapping out the time remaining on my deadline. "Chapter 7 is the third from the end," I rehearsed to myself. "Then one in October, one in November, and boom - I'm done." Then, after putting that antepenultimate chapter to bed, I turned to my master outline. Wait - what's this? Chapters in my book? I knew that when the calendar rolled over to 2015, my life wo...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Every now and then I hear our song

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Every now and then I hear our song. That summer I wrote a chapter every 2.4 weeks. I got a very helpful reader report from my editor on March 2 of this year, and immediately began revisions. Once classes ended in early May, I was in the office full time every day doing additional research, editing, and rewriting. I turned in a revised manuscript on June 10. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Old UTC (March 2003-July 2007).

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: June 2015

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Paula Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ. A very readable account of the transformation of Jesus' message in the first few centuries of the common era, not just philosophically and religiously but also politically. Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics. An entire aesthetic and media theory in the guide of a comic book about how comic books work. Amazing. Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms. David Hume, The Natural History of Religion. My favorite b...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: One hour, twelve years ago

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Friday, January 9, 2015. One hour, twelve years ago. Yesterday I walked over to the College of Business to work a shift at the Welcome Tent. The university sets up several of these around campus, food service stocks them with cookies and hot apple cider, and faculty volunteers staff them for the first couple of days of class, making returning and new students feel welcome and answering any questions they might have. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Knitting Confidential...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: July 2015

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. When I'm working on a book, I naturally sometimes picture it on a shelf, in a bookstore, on a conference display table, in a reader's hand. When I do, though, the image of the book is indistinct. I don't imagine a particular color or font on the color. It's all kind of a blur. And asked me which of several paintings I preferred. For The Divine Decision. And Handbook of Process Theology. This is a new kind of excitement for me. I have no expectati...

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Opening day

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Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy. Thursday, January 8, 2015. Ah, the first day of the semester. When everything is pristine. None of the students are jaded yet; none are alienated. No papers or journals are stacked up waiting to be graded. All is possibility. What if you call someone by the wrong name? What if you make a joke and it falls flat? That word has stuck with me. It simultaneously conveys the intrinsic value of the object of study, and the wonder and delight it evokes in the student. I th...Every...