№ 2: South Carolina postponed
Newsletter
Dear Followers and Supporters,
Many of you would know that Jemimah and I were planning to travel to Davenant House in South Carolina this July and July for some residential intensive courses I need to undertake for my M.Litt. However, after some mulling it over, we have decided to postpone our travels so that I attend next year instead.
The major factor in our decision to postpone the residential course is a very happy one: Jemimah's cousin, who lives in Michigan, is getting married there at the end of May. While we had previously resigned ourselves to missing the wedding in favour of going to Davenant House, we've now decided that we'd rather postpone the study and, you know, live a little. (This will mean less reading for me, though I will have the challenge of sourcing a suitable tuxedo.)
I am still very much working through the degree, albeit in a different sequence than we had been planning for the last few months.
Recent work
On the blog, I have been continuing my reflections on the Book of Joshua. I consider how Joshua completes the vocation of Joseph, how the tribe of Dan seems doomed from the outset, and why you should not get involved with people who want to rebuild Jericho.
St Clement reminds us not just to be good Sunday Christians.
Peter Leithart observes that, in the church, salvation takes a social form.
Supporters of Psalter the Earth can read my musings on some ways in which our environments and habits make some beliefs more plausible than others, and vice versa:
What does it mean for a thing to be real for us? With the “background noise” of technological artifice surrounding us, it means that things present themselves to us for our use and manipulation. In such an environment, the idea that something (or Someone) exists that is not mere material available for our manipulation is inherently implausible.
Quote
Many people act as if it is sufficient to strut into God’s presence with an attitude like this: “Hey, God! How’s it going? Here’s a song or two and a few bucks. Have a nice day!” Such an attitude often permeates modern laid-back, trendy worship services. No preparation is required, so none is made. No preparation is necessary because the worshiper often doesn’t really do much of anything. He is a spectator, a part of an audience.
Jeffrey J. Meyers, The Lord's Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship, 164.
God bless,
Sean
