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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I occasionally struggle with time as a teacher, so Saint Basil’s words to his restless listeners made me laugh: "I hope my words will be profitable; at least by occupying you here, they have prevented you from sinning. Thus the longer I keep you, the longer you are out of evil."

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can you ever resist a siren song? I wrote about what we learn from Odysseus about temptation and how wax, binding, and playing our own song helps us resist it. mereorthodoxy.com/what-the-ody...

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What The Odyssey Teaches Us About Temptation

Odysseus and his men know they cannot just sail by the sirens and hope their willpower and common sense will hold out against the sirens’ song. They have to prepare.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I married the type of guy who kept a scrapbook of our early dates. And yes, we went to both Disney on Ice and WWE together.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Traveling soon to beautiful Vancouver to teach a one week class on the imagination and spiritual formation at Regent. If you've ever wondered what dragons, unicorns, and snake-eating women have to do with faith, consider auditing to find out! www.regent-college.edu/courses/cour...

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Imagination & Spiritual Formation

The imagination plays a central role in our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. By looking at how Christians have historically trained their imaginations, we’ll learn how stories...

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This collection on thriving in Christian higher ed is out today! I contributed a chapter on my efforts to battle acedia...which I imagine will be relatable to anyone who has had to grade papers semester after semester without losing their minds.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

So thrilled to be part of the Festival of Faith and Writing this year! I'll be talking about catacomb art, mosaics, sacred architecture, and paintings of the crucifixion. If you're in Grand Rapids, come say hello!

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The world is divided on so many issues, but we can all agree that the APA style guide is the absolute WORST, right?

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Amy Peeler @amypeeler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My book on Ordinary Time is now available! www.ivpress.com/ordinary-tim...

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Prayer, according to Herbert: "God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage"

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

What I get to read and discuss with my fellow John Wesley Honors College faculty this semester!

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Does this cfp from Minerva McGonagall mean I've finally been recognized for my magical skills and invited to Hogwarts?

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Last year, I read over thirty Agatha Christie books and Dorothy Sayers' entire Peter Whimsey series. I now feel very well-prepared to solve any murders that may come my way in 2026.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

For those of you who have been waiting to buy my book until you could pair it with Snoop Dogg's cookbook, boy does Amazon have a deal for you.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Anyone have audiobook recommendations for my upcoming Christmas road trip? Fiction preferred, but I can be persuaded by compelling nonfiction, too.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My colleague @loganhoffman9.bsky.social helped me level up my Christmas star game from 2-D to 3-D.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

If you want to learn about the virtues from a virtuous person.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

My basement swallowed up the bottom half of my Christmas tree and spit out this terrifying doll. Seriously. I've never seen this thing in my life. How did it get into a box in my home?

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

When we first got married, we didn't have a star for our tree. So my husband improvised. Now it's a tradition.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Apparently it is possible to lose the bottom half of your Christmas tree..

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I wrote about Harry Clarke's resplendent stained glass #MotherofSorrows window. . Why is this window unusual? Mary is sitting ON TOP of the cross with Jesus. What seems like a scandalous decision actually has a lot of theological rationale. www.dappledthings.org/deep-down-th...

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Harry Clarke’s window into Our Lady of Sorrows — Dappled Things

Lanta Davis offers a meditation on a highly unusual artwork

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

To train their attention and awaken a sense of wonder, I invite students to draw three flowers. They might not always be artistically perfect, but they almost always make me smile.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My dad once dressed up as the Easter bunny to hand out Halloween candy. Kids were very confused.

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Victoria Emily Jones @artandtheology.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Musicians Matthew Clark & Ordinary Time are performing in MD! Also: new books by Grace Hamman (on medieval virtues) & Ben Palpant (interviews w/ 17 poets); @lantadavis.bsky.social on a bone-decorated crypt in Rome; & a song by Mark Shiiba inspired by said crypt. artandtheology.org/2025/10/28/r...

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Roundup: “Ask of Old Paths,” “An Axe for the Frozen Sea,” Crypt of the Three Skeletons, and more

Upcoming Maryland concerts: Matthew Clark and Ordinary Time | Review of “Ask of Old Paths” by Grace Hamman | Ben Palpant interviews 17 poets | Lanta Davis on bone chapels and their stra…

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This mandala is made completely from sand. Tibetan Buddhist monks painstakingly created it over several weeks. Since part of the point of mandalas is their transience, it's rare to see one. Monks usually brush up the sand, put it in a jar, and disperse it.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Just finished my weekend reading of Athanasius's Life of Antony and Jerome's Life of Paul the Hermit. There were demons, centaurs, satyrs, a raven that delivers daily bread, and lions that help dig a grave. Exactly the kind of wild, weird ride I love.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

At that special age where you try to decide if you want to buy--and then live in--the pirate ship you find on Facebook marketplace.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

My colleagues at the JWHC are brilliant, delightful people, and some of the best teachers I've ever known. Those qualities come out in their writing, too.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Summer moves at the same speed as a Tuesday afternoon in January.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

My dad, who is over 65 and 200+ pounds, can still backflip off the low dive.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The first time we met my baby bro. So why am I making that face? My angelic-looking brother is stepping on my foot.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

3 years ago, I learned to drive my dad's semi truck, which was so big and hard to drive, he nicknamed it the Beast. I wrote my book in the mornings, then hauled grain in the afternoons. My dad now has a proper hired man, who transformed the Beast into a Beauty.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

After roaming around Ireland and England looking at Harry Clarke stained glass, I'm so grateful for the journey but a little sad that I've now seen the last one on my list.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I got to play with a hawk today. His name is Pierce. And I think I'm in love.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This made me laugh out loud in the art museum: Titled "Reader of Dostoevsky"

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Maybe one of the strangest sacred artworks I've seen: This bearded woman is Wigelfortis, a folk saint who was miraculously given a beard to avoid marriage. But then her father had her crucified anyway.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

International travel requires a very high tolerance for feeling stupid.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

London public transit is a form of art.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

When you're too cheap to take a taxi, sometimes you find yourself meandering through the woods that inspired Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thinking of making this my teaching mug.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Dogs weren't allowed at Cambridge. So Lord Byron brought a bear.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Ely Cathedral's octagonal ceiling. Eight is the number for baptisms, symbolizing Easter and the new creation.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A prayer nut, intricately carved from boxwood. The level of detail on these Dutch devotional objects is astonishing.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

After reading 20(!) Agatha Christie novels this spring, I was stoked to watch her Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the world.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Titian's Allegory of Prudence, one of my favorite depictions of practical wisdom. The Latin inscription above the faces isn't clear in my photo, but it says, "Learning from Yesterday, Today acts prudently lest by his action he spoils Tomorrow."

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

These ivory panels are one of the earliest depictions of Christ's death and resurrection (early 5th c).

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This 1700-year-old Roman cup, called the Lycurgus Cup, glows red with liquid. It's such a sophisticated technique they're still not 100% sure how to recreate such a cup today.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A beautiful Ethiopian illustration, based on the icon at Santa Maria Maggiore that Pope Francis chose to be buried nearby.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Back in Belfast and revisiting Queen's. Still can't believe I got to teach in this gorgeous place for six months.

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Lanta Davis @lantadavis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

In Clarke's Mother of Sorrows stained glass, Mary holds Jesus on the cross. Saint Catherine and Francis hover on the side of the cross.

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