Author Archives: PaulVK

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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

David Brooks’ treatment of Augustine in The Road to Character

Augustine Of all the figures in Brooks’ biographical box of chocolates Augustine I knew the best. Brooks’ treatment of Augustine as a ladder climbing youth fighting inner turmoil seems postured almost like a Tim Keller sermon for modern New Yorkers. … Continue reading →

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Poor and White, Red-state Muskogee and Family Decline

NYTimes HT: Dreher

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George Eliot in The Road to Character

George Eliot When I first started audiobooks I decided I wanted to read more novels. A number of people had talked about Middlemarch so I thought I’d give it a try. I made it about half way through but I was … Continue reading →

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David Brooks — Interesting Vulnerability

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2015/05/05/david-brooks-interesting-vulnerability/ Direct Washington Post link

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Police Racial Bias Research

Vox

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On How Pastors Struggle

Into Thy Word

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How to Summarize a Book

momentum

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Best and Worst Places Financially To Grow up

NYTimes

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Baltimore and The Wire

The Nation ht: Freddie Freedie: Wild idea: maybe the problem’s acting like your cultural consumption functions as a meaningful racial politics in the first fucking place.

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Grand Rapids High School Crowns Autistic Student King of the Prom

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