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Writings and Musings of Dr. Matthew C. Gillum

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  • Imago

    Pictured above is a self-portrait my daughter made. I love the art, because my girl was challenged to take those thoughts and emotions that she has about her own identity and create something. She imagined, and it became an image. Volumes have been written on what it means to be created in the Image of…

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    April 23, 2025
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    art, bible, christianity, faith, god, image, imago dei, jesus, meaning, poetry, purpose
  • Behold

    I like to laugh at biblical language sometimes. With the centuries of translations, interpreters have turned out some very interesting language. I like the idea in today’s context just to shout out “Hark!” Not for any good reason, but because it startles folks. And when asked on my favorite Bible verse, I often point to…

    matthewcgillum

    April 17, 2025
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    abide, behold, bible, easter, faith, god, hope, jesus, resurrection
  • Mirrors Make Terrible Windshields

    I’m not great at parking. Since college (when I drove hundreds of miles in a 15 person van towing a short trailer), I’ve been very aware of my deficiency in that area. When looking in a rearview mirror, I struggle to identify the lines. My method could be described more as wishful thinking than precision.…

    matthewcgillum

    April 15, 2025
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    beauty, bible, christianity, god, jesus, metamodernism, proverbs, wisdom
  • Why Should A=πr², or Who Cares about the Height of a Trapezoid?

    My daughter is currently working her way through 6th Grade accelerated math, which combines algebra and beginnings of geometry. With her school system having a practice of not requiring homework until Middle School, it has been a steep learning curve to say the least. As she goes through these equations finding the areas of circles,…

    matthewcgillum

    April 12, 2025
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    control, education, frustration, learning, life, math, mathematics, teaching, trapezoid
  • Call of Duty and Metamodern Masculinity

    Whenever I have the task of entertaining a group of young guys, one thing that I’ll normally do is pull up some trick videos on YouTube. No group does this better than DudePerfect. They have somehow created a cottage industry of trick shots, pranks, and challenges that all function in a space that is clean…

    matthewcgillum

    April 11, 2025
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    bottleflip, callofduty, dudeperfect, gender, masculinity, men, mental-health, metamodernism
  • Overflow, Not Runoff

    A few days ago I applied the principles of water runoff from a torrential rain storm to the way that we saturate our lives with “spiritual growth” but do not let it flow on to others. It’s a good conversation for the individual movement. But does the principle apply beyond the individual? Yesterday, David Kinnaman…

    matthewcgillum

    April 9, 2025
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    barna, bible, christianity, david kinnaman, discipleship, faith, global missional ai summit, jesus, revival
  • Saturated

    This past weekend I had a short moment to take a quick hike in Robber’s Cave State Park in OK. It was not much of a hike, so much as a jaunt and a moment for a breath. It had been torrentially raining so the entire way down I could hear rivulets turning into mini…

    matthewcgillum

    April 7, 2025
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    beauty, bible, christianity, hiking, jesus, nature, oklahoma, overflow, rain, runoff, travel
  • The Chipping on the Edge

    In my office I have a nice yew wood desk. It was donated to the church and has served me very well. If I’m being honest, the quality is far beyond what I would have bought for myself so I feel blessed to get to use it. From the front side it communicates stability and…

    matthewcgillum

    March 31, 2025
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    bible, isaiah, jesus, renew, weary
  • Are We Better For It?

    It’s hard to hear sometimes. Over the din of constant entertainment flooding our airways, it is difficult to hear the subtle things of life, the whispers of the Divine. Our generation inherited a world that was theorized to be a cold, dead place and has accelerated to fill, to fill, to fill. It starts with…

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    March 27, 2025
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  • Shattering God’s Handwriting

    I was thinking today about Moses’ response to the Hebrews worshiping the golden calf idol in Exodus 32. I write about this passage in my book on Metamodernism (currently in development), but I was struck by a poignant picture in the place where Moses in his anger and shock at what his people are doing…

    matthewcgillum

    March 16, 2025
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    beauty, bible, exodus, god, jesus, metamodernism, moses, rage
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