Paul Vander-Klay

You Become What You Do, and Who You Do It With

August 29, 2024August 28, 2024 T. M. Suffield

Christian Formation II If we’re formed by what we think, what we feel, and what we do—as I’ve argued we are—how does being formed by what we do work? I think there are two components to this: community and habit. We become what we do. James K. A. Smith’s famous ‘pedagogy of desire’ argues that… Continue reading You Become What You Do, and Who You Do It With

Living a ‘Better Story’

March 24, 2022March 23, 2022 T. M. Suffield

I have often written that we need to live a better story, or live the Bible’s stories as though they were our stories. I think this is one of the solutions to a host of our contemporary problems, though I’d get it if you thought it was too small or too flimsy a thing to… Continue reading Living a ‘Better Story’