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Paying Attention to Poetry
Reading poetry as a spiritual practice in the local church
Nov 24, 2025
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C. Christopher Smith
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Learning to Stop and Savor
Cultivating Attention. The third and final dimension of human presence [Post #4 in our Advent Series]
Dec 20, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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Deep Reading, but Perhaps Not Broad Reading?
A new book on reading and attention that doesn't quite live up to its potential
Jul 25, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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How to Focus (In an Age of Distraction)
A Guide by the Ancient Monastic John Cassian.
Jul 10, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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"A Flaw in the World We Built"
Johann Hari's Final Four Causes of our Attention Crisis
May 9, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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Stress and the Erosion of Attention
Via Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus
Apr 25, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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The Rise of Cruel Optimism
Another cause of our inability to pay attention (via Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus)
Apr 3, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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Setting Society Ablaze
Living in the Wreckage of a Social Media World
Jan 19, 2024
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C. Christopher Smith
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The Decline of Reading
(And its Effect on Our Ability to Pay Attention)
Dec 12, 2023
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C. Christopher Smith
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"Speed is Violence"
And other key causes of our inability to pay attention, from Johann Hari’s book Stolen Focus. by C. Christopher Smith, editor of The Englewood Review of…
Nov 14, 2023
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C. Christopher Smith
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Paying Attention to Our History
Amidst so much "spiritual amnesia," what stories are the ones that give shape to our Christian faithfulness? What stories offer the hope of…
Nov 1, 2023
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C. Christopher Smith
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The Greatest Threat to the Work of Cultivating the Conversational Life
Why Our Inability to Pay Attention is of Vital Importance to the Church
Oct 17, 2023
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C. Christopher Smith
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