Another post-Barthian Thomist Midwesterner growing weary of irony and exhausted by scrupulosity. Paradoxically, though, that's only fueled my passion to advertise and commend every fantasticity strewn throughout the cosmos by the One who does all things well. I'd rather talk up a gracious God than chalk it up to my ability. Can you dig it?
About Ian Olson
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The Personal Is Apocalyptic: When Your World Unravels
It’s become commonplace to see our contemporary moment described as apocalyptic or to warn of looming post-apocalyptic threats. But what exactly does “apocalypse” mean? In popular usage “apocalypse” denotes the end of the world. This is right insofar as the event of revelation always means the end of the world the recipient had previously assumed. […]
The Word of God and the Story of Our World: Robert Jenson’s The Triune Story
A traditionalist in some regards and an innovator in many others, Robert Jenson has frustrated conservative and liberal alike in his efforts to proclaim the God of the gospel. To the accusation that he’s conservative, Jenson has no qualms with challenging traditional assumptions. To the accusation that he is a revisionist, Jenson would reply that he […]
The Glory of the World’s Twilight: A Tribute to Autumn
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2 Cor 4:16) The last day of summer hasn’t officially arrived, but it’s been autumn in my heart for over a week already. Foretastes of fall have been filtering in all this time, heralding […]
Farewell to Summer: Remembering (But Not Cherishing) Our Summer in Abaddon
What do you hear when you listen to this summer? Disappointment? Demonstration? Cancellation? Awkward exchanges between grocery staff and people who refuse to wear a mask? The basic ingredients of a summer to remember, right? This summer hasn’t gone the way any of us imagine summer should, and all of us have had to salvage […]
The Dark Radiance of Discordance Axis’ The Inalienable Dreamless Twenty Years Later
The first time I ever listened to Discordance Axis’ third LP The Inalienable Dreamless I was like Eutychus. Not that I fell asleep due to how long and drawn-out it was (its total run time is twenty-three minutes), but like that young man I too awoke from a plummet into a different world. It’s like […]
Our Unwelcome Infinite Summer: David Foster Wallace and Martin Luther on Desire and Discontent
Probably the least sexy limit-experience one can have is of being bored with something one otherwise normally enjoys. Sitting in a lawn chair with Infinite Jest while my kids play with water is a good thing, one I look forward to as part of a relaxed afternoon. But why, then, do I periodically lift my […]
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