@jamesrwood.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer University
Cohost of Civitas podcast produced by Theopolis
Commonwealth Fellow, Davenant Institute
PCA teaching elder
Cohost of Civitas podcast produced by Theopolis
Commonwealth Fellow, Davenant Institute
PCA teaching elder
Enslaved to liberty
BOOKS | Discerning the difference between Christian liberty and worldly license
wng.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Since it is the discourse du jour, here is a little primer on the ordo amoris (order of loves): adfontesjournal.com/commonwealth...
Ordering Our Social Loves - Ad Fontes
Within their love of God, how should Christians order love for family, nation, and church?
adfontesjournal.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Since it is the discourse du jour, here is a little primer on the ordo amoris (order of loves): adfontesjournal.com/commonwealth...
Some of my thoughts on the Huff-Rogan phenomenon: firstthings.com/a-new-evange...
A New Evangelical Harvest - First Things
American culture is undergoing a “vibe shift.” There’s a resurgence of hope among conservatives that politics and culture will increasingly return to reality. But alongside this, there seem to...
firstthings.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some of my thoughts on the Huff-Rogan phenomenon: firstthings.com/a-new-evange...
A review of David Koyzis’ new book: wng.org/articles/fai...
Faithfully political
BOOKS | A helpful yet incomplete look at Christianity and politics
wng.org
January 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A review of David Koyzis’ new book: wng.org/articles/fai...
Check this out:
January 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Check this out:
Was an honor to be invited to discuss postliberal political theology with the good men of Sola Media. Was a friendly lions’ den as I was the sole defender. But they are charitable. Good times. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0bY...
Postliberalism, America, and the Church | Michael Horton, James Wood, and David VanDrunen
YouTube video by Sola Media
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January 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Was an honor to be invited to discuss postliberal political theology with the good men of Sola Media. Was a friendly lions’ den as I was the sole defender. But they are charitable. Good times. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0bY...
Humbled at this response. God is good and his providence is often quite surprising. Grateful this story was able to serve others.
December 28, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Humbled at this response. God is good and his providence is often quite surprising. Grateful this story was able to serve others.
All parties consented. On one side there was pleasure, on the other there was profit. So, what is the problem?
This tragedy, I suggest, is illuminating. It is a symbolic reductio ad absurdum exposing the limits of such a consent-centered, choice-maximizing morality.
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This tragedy, I suggest, is illuminating. It is a symbolic reductio ad absurdum exposing the limits of such a consent-centered, choice-maximizing morality.
t.co/jKFGd3Me3Z
https://wng.org/opinions/public-vice-calls-for-public-opposition-1734391766
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December 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
All parties consented. On one side there was pleasure, on the other there was profit. So, what is the problem?
This tragedy, I suggest, is illuminating. It is a symbolic reductio ad absurdum exposing the limits of such a consent-centered, choice-maximizing morality.
t.co/jKFGd3Me3Z
This tragedy, I suggest, is illuminating. It is a symbolic reductio ad absurdum exposing the limits of such a consent-centered, choice-maximizing morality.
t.co/jKFGd3Me3Z
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In 1991 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
30%.
In 2018 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
61%.
30%.
In 2018 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
61%.
December 5, 2024 at 5:40 PM
In 1991 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
30%.
In 2018 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
61%.
30%.
In 2018 the share of folks with a graduate degree who definitely believed in miracles:
61%.
It’s true
From a teaching perspective, here's the long tail effect of COVID:
Students think that they can just miss deadlines or ask for extensions with impunity, with no real justification beyond, "I need more time."
Because that's how we approached things for about two years.
Students think that they can just miss deadlines or ask for extensions with impunity, with no real justification beyond, "I need more time."
Because that's how we approached things for about two years.
November 30, 2024 at 1:32 AM
It’s true
Some Presbyterian prayers for Thanksgiving Day:
November 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Some Presbyterian prayers for Thanksgiving Day:
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"All that exists is God’s gift to man, and it all exists to make God known to man, to make man’s life communion with God. It is divine love made food, made life for man. ... The world is a fallen world because it has fallen away from the awareness that God is all in all."
November 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"All that exists is God’s gift to man, and it all exists to make God known to man, to make man’s life communion with God. It is divine love made food, made life for man. ... The world is a fallen world because it has fallen away from the awareness that God is all in all."
May your gratitude overshadow your grievances.
November 28, 2024 at 3:29 PM
May your gratitude overshadow your grievances.
Paraphrasing Schmemann: secularism is a failure of gratitude; a failure to properly recognize the Giver of the goods of this life; instead treating those goods as having life in themselves rather than witnessing to the Source of life—and thus as "sacraments" of communion with Life Himself
November 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Paraphrasing Schmemann: secularism is a failure of gratitude; a failure to properly recognize the Giver of the goods of this life; instead treating those goods as having life in themselves rather than witnessing to the Source of life—and thus as "sacraments" of communion with Life Himself
Isn’t it great to have Someone to whom to direct your gratitude for all the goods of this life, even the gift of being?
November 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Isn’t it great to have Someone to whom to direct your gratitude for all the goods of this life, even the gift of being?
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The best Real World Use of social media has always been and still is the social aspect of it.
Develop relationships.
Exchange numbers.
Hop on Zoom calls.
Get in group chats.
Meet up at conferences.
Use it to make Actual Real World friends, not just gain Internet Points.
Develop relationships.
Exchange numbers.
Hop on Zoom calls.
Get in group chats.
Meet up at conferences.
Use it to make Actual Real World friends, not just gain Internet Points.
November 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The best Real World Use of social media has always been and still is the social aspect of it.
Develop relationships.
Exchange numbers.
Hop on Zoom calls.
Get in group chats.
Meet up at conferences.
Use it to make Actual Real World friends, not just gain Internet Points.
Develop relationships.
Exchange numbers.
Hop on Zoom calls.
Get in group chats.
Meet up at conferences.
Use it to make Actual Real World friends, not just gain Internet Points.
New Civitas episode: chatting with Dreher about enchantment and his new book, *Living in Wonder*
thecivitaspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2091140/epis...
thecivitaspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2091140/epis...
Episode 25: Living in Wonder | A Conversation with Rod Dreher - The Civitas Podcast
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with Rod Dreher about his recent work, Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age. Purchase the book:Rod DreherLiving in Wonder: Finding Mystery ...
thecivitaspodcast.buzzsprout.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:42 PM
New Civitas episode: chatting with Dreher about enchantment and his new book, *Living in Wonder*
thecivitaspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2091140/epis...
thecivitaspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2091140/epis...
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I don’t know how many college kids I talk to who are a mess inside, unsure of who they are, where they’re going, and what they should do. Telling them to go deeper into the chaos to find an answer is a recipe for more anxiety and paralysis.
November 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I don’t know how many college kids I talk to who are a mess inside, unsure of who they are, where they’re going, and what they should do. Telling them to go deeper into the chaos to find an answer is a recipe for more anxiety and paralysis.
alright ETS, let’s do this
praying there are no hiccups on the flights so that I can make my talk at 1:50 😬
praying there are no hiccups on the flights so that I can make my talk at 1:50 😬
November 20, 2024 at 9:36 AM
alright ETS, let’s do this
praying there are no hiccups on the flights so that I can make my talk at 1:50 😬
praying there are no hiccups on the flights so that I can make my talk at 1:50 😬
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For my new followers, check out my most recent essay on “Feminine Courage.” I’m hoping it can provide some inspiration to celebrate and honor the heroic vocation of motherhood and the courageous task of bringing life into this world.
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cbmw.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:03 PM
For my new followers, check out my most recent essay on “Feminine Courage.” I’m hoping it can provide some inspiration to celebrate and honor the heroic vocation of motherhood and the courageous task of bringing life into this world.
cbmw.org/wp-content/u...
cbmw.org/wp-content/u...
Another factor at this stage: the “Discover” algorithm is so bad that most likely remain in the tab restricted to those they follow.
It’s interesting to see how when links aren’t throttled on a social media feed, the topics of conversation expand. X’s self-referential algorithm pretty much guarantees people are only going to be interested in high-dopamine topics (read: politics)
November 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Another factor at this stage: the “Discover” algorithm is so bad that most likely remain in the tab restricted to those they follow.
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“Women are pressured in all sorts of ways to pursue anything other than being 'just a mother.' As if bringing life into the world & caring for children is not one of the highest possible vocations imaginable — one upon which the future of civilization and humanity itself fundamentally depends...
November 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
“Women are pressured in all sorts of ways to pursue anything other than being 'just a mother.' As if bringing life into the world & caring for children is not one of the highest possible vocations imaginable — one upon which the future of civilization and humanity itself fundamentally depends...
It’s conference time. You know what to do: “That’s more of a statement than a question.”
a man in a suit and tie is singing into a microphone while standing at a podium .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is singing into a microphone while standing at a podium .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
It’s conference time. You know what to do: “That’s more of a statement than a question.”
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For me, the appeal of Bluesky is that
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
For me, the appeal of Bluesky is that
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.
1. It doesn't throttle external links, so can serve as a guide to the best material and conversations happening elsewhere. A micro-blogging website will never be ideal for conversation, but can be great place to connect with thoughtful conversations.