“In America I saw the freest and most enlightened men placed in the happiest circumstances that the world affords, it seemed to me as if a cloud habitually hung upon their brow, and I thought them serious and almost sad, even in their pleasures. The chief reason for this contrast is that [they a
12.27.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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"You burst my bonds asunder, and to you will I offer a sacrifice of praise. May my heart and tongue give praise to you, and all my bones cry out their question, 'Who is like you, O Lord?' Yes, let them ask, and then do you respond and say to my soul, 'I am your salvation.' But who am I, what
11.1.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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As an avid fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, I shared the enthusiasm of many when the large-scale movies began appearing during my college and graduate school days. One particular fear many devoted readers shared back in those days was concerned with how faithful the films would b
10.4.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Earlier this summer, I forwarded to the Harvard Ichthus email list this spectacularly helpful quote that I had stumbled upon from Augustine: “Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars a
09.13.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
No Comments"Accordingly, two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self. The former, in a word, glories in itself, the latter in the Lord. For the one seeks glory from men; but the greatest
08.19.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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“My whole hope is in Your exceeding great mercy and that alone. Grant what You command, and command whatever You want.” (Augustine, Confessions, 10.29) The Christian God is no respecter of the contemporary longing that we might be allowed to possess our own "space." He does limit hi
04.26.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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