Tag: character

  • Making the same mistake

    Making the same mistake

    We treat Charlie Brown’s trying to kick the football like a set of individual, necessary decisions. Lucy is untrustworthy.

  • Greatness—toughness and path-straighening

    Greatness—toughness and path-straighening

    The temptation in this gospel is to hear Jesus talking up toughness as virtuous—rather than normal for a prophet.

  • Don’t Learn the Wrong Lesson From Capt. Kirk

    [NOTE: this post is spoiler-free! And long overdue, since I saw it in May…] Something troubled me about the new Star Trek. I loved the movie. I was glad that it surpassed my expectations and that it challenged me. What troubled me is that I’m convinced that people will mistake James T. Kirk for a…