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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
  • 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
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 22 – King of the Nations

  • December 22, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, Doctor Who, prayer

“Uneasy lies the head the wears the crown,” wrote Shakespeare. Since its return in 2005, Doctor Who has featured three British queens who could testify to the weight of royal responsibility. In “Tooth and Claw,”…

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Mike
  • Fantasy

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 21 – Radiant Dawn

  • December 21, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, Galadriel, prayer, The Hobbit, Tolkien

The Lady Galadriel who rules the forest of Lórien, is renowned for her beauty (among other traits, including her wisdom and mercy). Gimli the dwarf deems her fairer than “all the jewels that lie beneath…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 20 – Key of David

  • December 20, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, Deep Space Nine, prayer, Star Trek

Deep Space Nine frequently comes under fire from Star Trek fans for being “too dark,” “too militaristic,” “too grim”—in other words, too far from Gene Roddenberry’s bright, shining vision of the future. I used to…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 19 – Flower of Jesse

  • December 19, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, Dune, prayer

Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of a handful of science fiction novels deservingly called “definitive.” Herbert’s elaborately imagined vision of humanity’s distant future is plausibly extrapolated from hard science, keenly attuned to political dynamics, bursting…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: December 17 – Wisdom

  • December 17, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, prayer, star wars, yoda

When The Empire Strikes Back hit movie screens in 1980, Yoda mania swept the nation. Don’t believe me? No less an authority than People magazine said so! I certainly remember how hard it was to…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Advent Antiphons in a Sci-Fi Key: Introduction

  • December 16, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, prayer

Christmas is almost here. Starting tomorrow, Christians who observe the liturgical season of Advent—the four weeks before the observance of Christ’s birth, set aside for prayerful preparation—are entering the home stretch… or, if you prefer,…

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Mike
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Recommended Reading: Light upon Light, compiled by Sarah Arthur (Paraclete Press, 2014)

  • November 26, 2014
  • Tagged as: Advent, Christian Year, Christmas, devotional, Epiphany, literature, prayer, Sarah Arthur

We spend much money, effort, and time in our culture candy-coating the Christmas season with superficially “pretty” things. Colored tree lights, shiny wrapping paper, glitter-covered snowflakes—I think we hope these trappings will distract us from…

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Mike
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Bob Hoskins Announces Retirement (Movie News)

  • August 9, 2012
  • Tagged as: aging, Bob Hoskins, prayer

Bob Hoskins, the 69-year-old, veteran English character actor best known to fans of fantasy films for his roles in such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Hook (1991–he also played Smee in last year’s…

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