Tag: metamodernism
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Fog
This morning as I was driving to church, we had to travel through intense fog. Being close to a lake, this happens everytime the weather cools, and it makes a windy drive a lot more interesting not being able to see 10 feet in front of you. In the midst of this journey through the…
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Playing Soccer in the Dead City
In the center of Cairo, there is a place called the Dead City. In the midst of urban sprawl and high rise worn condos, there is a huge quarter of the city with short buildings and mosques. When you drive past it, you feel transported to a place back in time, almost an Arabian nights…
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The Face Lit Up
This morning my daughter was up early so previous to taking her to school I spent some time with her at a local coffee shop. She calls these “study days” when we both get out our computers and do some work. More often I work while she watches youtube videos. Gen Alpha everybody. Anyway, this…
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Unstuck
As you may know, I’ve been working on a manuscript moving toward publishing dealing with the topic of Metamodernism. If you look earlier on this blog, you’ll find more posts about it. But yesterday I had a pretty poignant image about Metamodernism stemming from the process of taking down the decorations from our recent Kids’…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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