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Ben Sheppard

Semicolons and Blank Spaces

Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional. I am not certified to give medical advice. If you’re thinking about the possibility of…

Apr 17, 2017

Semicolons and Blank Spaces

Apr 17, 2017

Ben Sheppard

Being Bad at Fiction Writing Can Make You Bad at Life

There are a lot of ways to be bad at writing; I’m not trying to claim that I’ve discovered the worst. But there are ways to be bad at…

Nov 4, 2016

Being Bad at Fiction Writing Can Make You Bad at Life

Nov 4, 2016

Ben Sheppard

Doubt is not our problem. God is our problem.

This is a slightly tweaked version of a sermon I delivered on Sunday, May 29, at the Church of the Shepherd in Hyde Park, Chicago…

Jun 1, 2016

Doubt is not our problem. God is our problem.

Jun 1, 2016

Ben Sheppard

UChicago, Racist E-mails, and the Life of the Mind

If you don’t go here, you probably have no idea what this post is about. While the issues at stake matter very much to the students here at…

Feb 5, 2016

UChicago, Racist E-mails, and the Life of the Mind

Feb 5, 2016

Ben Sheppard

Peggy McIntosh’s Knapsack and How We Learn About Privilege

I read Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” for the first time in my Intro to Sociology course, and at…

Jan 1, 2016

Peggy McIntosh’s Knapsack and How We Learn About Privilege

Jan 1, 2016

Ben Sheppard

I don’t have a choice

About a week ago a friend of mine who works as a leadership coach sent out an e-mail with a nice point about Christmas. Christmas is a…

Dec 28, 2015

Dec 28, 2015

Ben Sheppard

Ben Sheppard

Doctoral student at UNC-Chapel Hill, interested in the social history of the New Testament. Georgia Bulldog. DIY Evangelical. Fiction author.

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