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Watch: Third Week of Advent (Scholar’s Compass)

December 11, 2016 by Nancy Thomas No Comments

Watching and keeping awake requires us to live in the present. But we don’t often live in the present.

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Filed Under: Advent, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Advent, Advent 2016, Eugene Peterson, henri nouwen, Pascal, Scholar's Compass, watch

Book Review: The Return of the Prodigal Son

April 8, 2014 by Bob Trube No Comments

On a handful of occasions, a work of art has riveted my attention. As a college student, a painting in the Butler Museum of Art titled In Flanders Fields Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow by Robert Vonnoh had that effect as I pondered young girls picking scarlet red poppies in what had once been a […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: henri nouwen, Rembrandt, The Return of the Prodigal Son

College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 4

June 28, 2013 by David No Comments

Is there a real danger to the creep of utilitarianism in humanitarian thinking?  Has the modern humanitarian world been reduced to little more than a competitive arena for non-profit interests?  Last year, the Susan G. Komen Foundation imploded over scandals and bitter dissension over funding disputes with Planned Parenthood.  The split took place on a […]

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Filed Under: Christ, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: C-FAM, Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, Christian humanitarianism, henri nouwen, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen Foundation

Beyond Ordinary and Proper

May 3, 2013 by David No Comments

“There is something wrong with you,” she said, her face twisting in genuine disbelief and horror. “You are crazy.” I laughed, but comments like these were starting to get to me. At work, I’ve been sharing more and more about what my life in the city is like. By this I mean telling the fun […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: displacement, henri nouwen, inner city, Rembrandt

Best Christian Book: What Have You Added to Your Reading List?

April 9, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 5 Comments

Thank you, Andy, for your amazing breakdown of the advanced metrics of the Best Christian Book of All Time Tournament. One of Andy’s findings was that the Tournament seedings came much closer to an ideal seeding than the most recent NCAA Men’s Basketball tournaments. (However, I do note as a proud UofL alumnus that this […]

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Filed Under: Best Christian Book of All Time, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: henri nouwen, John Calvin, Julian of Norwich, Marilynne Robinson, Shusaku Endo, thomas aquinas

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