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Friday Feedback: Very brief reader survey
I hope you enjoyed my first dip into the play literature. Much more of that to come. But for today's post, I'd like to try to get a little feedback from y'all. I had a conversation with a subscriber earlier in the week whose
PLAY-Book: Play histories and 'the big question'
One of the things I appreciate about Brown's methodology is the qualitative, almost ethnographic nature of the play histories from which he often shares emblematic examples. He'll frequently tell the story of a famous scientist, or an anonymous patient or colleague, and the ways that their
PLAY-Book: An interlude about surfing
Note: This is a reflection I wrote in 2019 about how God changed my life through surfing. Needless to say, the meaning of that experience has continued to open up for me as I've gotten more interested in the power of play as it relates to formation. Enjoy!
PLAY-Book: Warning, stage theory ahead!
If you've studied education / formation, psychology, practical theology, or an untold number of other fields, there's a good chance you've encountered some stage theories. In my little corner of the church and academy, perhaps the most in/famous is James Fowler's Stages
PLAY-Book: A fascinating likely benefit of play
This week will be a bit of a read-long week, and I think an important one. As I believe I've signaled, I called this project "A (Christian) Formation Playbook" in part because the importance of play is part of my (not-quite-yet-a) thesis. 💡I am convinced that