Not being a member of a liturgical denomination, this is a question I face every February. When I practice the yearly discipline, it is an individual choice to partake in a tradition greater than any one individual–How evangelical of me! But, in all seriousness, I keep the fast of Lent in order to more properly [...]
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Why Lent?
Posted in LENT, Literary, Movies Music Media, Philosophy and Theology on 30 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Death of Comic Release
Posted in LENT, Literary, Philosophy and Theology on 30 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excerpt from my senior thesis (“You are betrothed to both a maid and a man”: Real Difference as a necessary Comedic foundation in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night) written in 2007. It seemed appropriate to the season. Just as the medieval festivals of Misrule began to die with the lessening of distance between the [...]
Many Splendid Things
Posted in Food and Wine, LENT, Literary, Personal on 22 February 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is a season of rediscovery for me. I’m experiencing the joy of seeing things in a new light, as if for the first time. Examples that immediately come to mind are as follows: 1) Artichokes – It’s not that I have never eaten an artichoke before. I had enjoyed the occasional marinated artichoke heart [...]
