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A space for discussing works of art that expand our capacity for empathy.
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In the End is the Beginning (opens the original)
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“Apocalypse is in vogue,” wrote literary critic Lois Parkinson Zamora over twenty-five years ago, noting an upsurge of end-of-time narratives. A brief scan through today’s Netflix offerings (Black Mirror, The Walking Dead, Bodies, The 100, etc.) and any list of bestsellers from the last twenty years (The Road, The Hunger Games, Station Eleven, etc.) is proof that the “apocalyptic” genre has now moved even more from the fashionable edges to the mainstream. Netflix even has a unique “Dystopian Fut
New Online Class: Stories about the End (opens the original)
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Hello, all! The class on The Christian Imagination that I taught this summer was so much fun that I have decided to offer another online course this fall! STORIES ABOUT THE END will meet weekly on Tuesday evenings from Oct. 13-Dec. 8 (skipping Thanksgiving week). The course fee is just $100, and space is limited (to ensure good discussion). All classes will be recorded, so you can “attend” even if you have to miss the Tuesday night discussion. You can find the form to join the class HERE. I
A Testimony (opens the original)
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What a difficult few years this has been: full-time job loss (and juggling 4+ jobs to make ends meet), serious family illness, and serious bouts of sadness, insecurity, and loneliness. Many of you know these things already, and they are not the focus of this newsletter—just a brief explanation of context leading up to what happened. Some of my readers might be triggered or mystified or seriously put off by the title “testimony.” But that is what this is—I don’t have a better word for it. Things
The Beautiful Game (opens the original)
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It will likely surprise no one for me to confess that I have never played team sports or been very interested in them. Well, I say never—but I do have one warm memory of playing on a YMCA soccer team when I was about five years old. I do not know how long I played or if I was any good, but I know I loved it. And my warm memory of soccer—and the main reason I loved it—was because of my coach, an African man (I do not know which country he was from) named Tuesday. Coach Tuesday drove us hard, but
I'm so Excited! (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Empathetic Imagination! This newsletter was born out of my interest in the relationship between the arts and spiritual formation, particularly the cultivation of empathy (which also led to my book). In this weekly newsletter, we look at the connections between art, theology, and the hard work of being a loving, truthful human being. You can read more about me here. You can also check o
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