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When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

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Teaching is a distraction and a burden, but it’s also an incredible stimulus. And a reprieve, in a way. When you’re trying to work on something and it’s not going anywhere, you can go to school and there’s a two-and-a-half-hour block of time in which you can accomplish something.

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I don’t claim to know what it means to say that we are made in the image of God, but I profoundly and instinctively believe it and all that it implies.

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May 14, 2024

I don’t claim to know what it means to say that we are made in the image of God, but I profoundly and instinctively believe it and all that it implies.

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May 14, 2024

Teaching is a distraction and a burden, but it’s also an incredible stimulus. And a reprieve, in a way. When you’re trying to work on something and it’s not going anywhere, you can go to school and there’s a two-and-a-half-hour block of time in which you can accomplish something.

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