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Book Review: Between Midnight and Dawn, compiled by Sarah Arthur (Paraclete Press, 2016)

  • February 9, 2016
  • Tagged as: Christian Year, devotionals, Easter, Holy Week, lent, literature, poetry, prayer, Sarah Arthur
"Between Midnight and Dawn" front cover

With Lent’s penance now just hours away, confession is in order. Here’s a mea culpa from me: When I was still preaching weekly, I sometimes relied too heavily on preachers’ magazines. I never lifted another…

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Mike
  • Movies
  • Sci-Fi

Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Emmanuel (December 23)

  • December 23, 2015
  • Tagged as: "The Work of Christmas", Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, Howard Thurman, liturgy, star wars, The Force

An omnipresent, omnipotent source of strength with us, always, may sound familiar to Christians—but should it? O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O…

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Mike
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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – King of the Nations (December 22)

  • December 22, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, aliens, Antiphons, Christian Year, Diversity, liturgy, star wars

Fear of aliens was standing Imperial procedure, but God’s people are gloriously diverse. O King of the Gentiles and their Desired One, Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver us whom you formed out…

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Mike
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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Dayspring (December 21)

  • December 21, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, anakin skywalker, Antiphons, Christian Year, liturgy, revenge of the sith, star wars, yoda

What would a Christian Jedi have to say to Anakin Skywalker about his fear of death? O Dayspring, Brightness of the light eternal and Sun of justice: Come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness…

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Mike
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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Key of David (December 20)

  • December 20, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, han solo, Jabba the Hutt, Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi, star wars

What does Han Solo have to do with the harrowing of hell? O Key of David and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no one shuts, who shuts and no one opens;…

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Mike
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  • Sci-Fi

Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Root of Jesse (December 19)

  • December 19, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, liturgy, Princess Leia, star wars

Which offspring of royalty is an ensign for the people of the Galaxy Far, Far Away? O Root of Jesse, who stands as an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and to whom…

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Mike
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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Leader & Lawgiver (December 18)

  • December 18, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Boss Nass, Christian Year, Gungans, liturgy, star wars, the phantom menace

The Gungans’ big boss is an unlikely reminder of what God is and isn’t like.  O Adonai and Leader of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flames of the bush and gave…

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Mike
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  • Theology

Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Wisdom (December 17)

  • December 17, 2015
  • Tagged as: Advent, Alec Guinness, Antiphons, archetypes, Ben Kenobi, Christian Year, liturgy, Obi-Wan Kenobi, star wars

How can you see Christ’s wisdom in a crazy old wizard from the Tatooine wastelands? O Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High,reaching from one end to end, and ordering all things…

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Mike
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Nerdy Desserts (Shrove Tuesday 2015)

  • February 17, 2015
  • Tagged as: Christian Year, Doctor Who, lent, Narnia, Star Trek: The Next Generation, star wars

On the historic Christian calendar, today is Shrove Tuesday. The word “shrive” means “confess,” and so Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be an especially appropriate day for Christians to examine themselves and confess their sins,…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 23 – Emmanuel

  • December 23, 2014
  • Tagged as: 2001, Advent, arthur c clarke, Christian Year, prayer

Arguably the most iconic “birth scene” in science fiction is the appearance of the Star Child in the closing moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Astronaut Dave Bowman is whisked through a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic…

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Mike
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