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2020-03-26T07:50:33-04:00

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Visions of (the) Rapture Now Burst On My Sight

Last updated on: March 26, 2020 at 7:50 am By Vance Morgan

Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; Angels, descending, bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Fanny Crosby, “Blessed Assurance” A couple of days ago, one of my students wrote the following in her latest intellectual notebook entry for “Apocalypse,” a colloquium that I am currently team-teaching with a friend and colleague from the English department for the third consecutive spring semester: At the start of this class in January, I never could... Read more

2020-03-21T12:26:16-04:00

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“Get Out of My Face”: A tribute to my oldest son on his birthday

Last updated on: March 21, 2020 at 12:26 pm By Vance Morgan

Today is my oldest son Caleb’s 41st birthday. He wears it well. When my daughter-in-law Alisha told me at her surprise 40th birthday party a year and a half ago that she was going to start running, and wanted to run a marathon eventually, I was both surprised and mildly skeptical. When I found out not long afterward that Caleb was joining her in this commitment, I said, “Yeah, that ain’t happening.” But last January, I took a quick trip... Read more

2020-03-17T15:07:58-04:00

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If you want to witness the resurrection, then be the resurrection

Last updated on: March 17, 2020 at 3:07 pm By Vance Morgan

Lead on King Eternal, the day of march has come Henceforth in fields of conquest Thy tents shall be our home Through days of preparation, Thy grace hath made us strong And now O King Eternal we lift our battle song. Many of the hymns of my childhood shared a common theme—we Christian believers are at war and must be prepared to do battle at any moment. From “Lead On, O King Eternal” and “Onward Christian Soldiers” through “Soldiers of Christ, Arise,”... Read more

2020-03-18T07:37:52-04:00

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The Coronavirus, the Apocalypse, and the Book of Revelation

Last updated on: March 18, 2020 at 7:37 am By Vance Morgan

There is something appropriate about teaching a course named “Apocalypse” in the middle of world whose social conventions and expectations are changing so quickly that some are throwing the word “apocalyptic” around. Last week was my college’s Spring Break; it was also the week during which the college, as did virtually every other institution of higher learning in this country, chose to move all classes to distance format until after Easter Break in a few weeks. My guess is that... Read more

2020-03-15T19:59:36-04:00

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Managing Our Lives Without God

Last updated on: March 15, 2020 at 7:59 pm By Vance Morgan

God would have us know that we must live as people who manage our lives without God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer In my introductory ethics class, we are currently in the middle of a unit called “Does God Have Anything to Do With Ethics?” Perhaps it is a feature of teaching at a Catholic college, but I am frequently surprised by how many of my students are convinced that the only basis for being moral is belief in a God who will hold... Read more

2020-03-12T14:55:54-04:00

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Jesus’ Advice Concerning the Coronavirus: Don’t Be Afraid of Tomorrow

Last updated on: March 12, 2020 at 2:55 pm By Vance Morgan

If there ever was a time when Jesus’ suggestion that we should “not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries; today’s trouble is enough for today,” it’s right now. The similar Stoic challenge to not waste energy worrying about or trying to influence things outside of one’s control (which includes just about everything) sounds like good, timely advice as well. Contemporary people, particularly Americans, are not particularly good at doing this, of course. Now would be a... Read more

2020-03-11T18:15:43-04:00

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The Gospel in a Nutshell

Last updated on: March 11, 2020 at 6:15 pm By Vance Morgan

Sports fans old enough to remember the 70s and 80s will recall that a regular occurrence at baseball or football games either in person or on television was, when the camera panned the stands, to see a person—often wearing a colorful fright wig—holding up a large homemade poster board sign with a cryptic reference that made sense only for initiates: John 3:16. I often imagined the confusion that many might have felt at this ubiquitous, almost subliminal communication, especially in a... Read more

2020-03-09T12:40:01-04:00

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Do You Love Your Life?

Last updated on: March 9, 2020 at 12:40 pm By Vance Morgan

Although I read all the time–I once told my ophthalmologist that that I read for a living–I seldom read any book that I’m not teaching out of more than once. So, it is unusual that I am currently reading Stephanie Saldana’s The Bread of Angels for the third time in the past few years. It is a book that was very meaningful to Jeanne and me a few years ago, so meaningful that she gave our copy of it to a friend... Read more

2020-03-09T11:13:31-04:00

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God Is Not Choosing the Next President–We Are

Last updated on: March 9, 2020 at 11:13 am By Vance Morgan

The regular season of Providence Friars basketball ended last Saturday; after a remarkable end of season push (six wins in a row and counting), the Friars play in the Big East tournament this week, then will wait anxiously next Sunday to find out were they will be playing in the NCAA tournament. All of the teams in the Big East have a religious affiliation, most of them Catholic. There is a Dominican friar in a white robe lurking around the... Read more

2020-03-06T09:36:17-04:00

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The time, it is a-changin’

Last updated on: March 6, 2020 at 9:36 am By Vance Morgan

For many of us, Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow at 2:00 am. That’s “spring forward,” people! I’m going to go out on a limb and embrace the controversy that I know is to come: I like time changes. I like changing to standard time in the late fall, with nightfall earlier each day as we inch toward the winter solstice. I like that. I like falling back (and the extra hour of sleep once a year) and also, for entirely different reasons,... Read more

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