The featured character of the season of Advent, the main guy we always end up spending time discussing […]
theology of the Cross
Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces. Family together and music in the background. And here, now we gather to give thanks. But what is it, then, that we give thanks for? Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces, family together and music in the background. Peace and comfort. Food and drink. Family and neighbors. A slice of annual happiness that we try to conjure up with some sights, sounds, and smells.
CS Lewis, correcting the idea that desires are inherently sinful, once said that the problem with our desires […]
Jack Donovan in his book Becoming a Barbarian has a chapter titled “The Empire of Nothing.” In it he offers a compelling critique of our current political and cultural milieu. In fact, he argues that it isn’t so much a culture that is being forwarded but an anticulture where there is no “Emperor, no center and no people.” Instead, the Empire of Nothing is a collection of businesses and institutions that have aligned against identity in some vague hope of “progress.”
Eddie Van Halen died. Facebook is flooded with pictures of him hammering the neck of his guitar with […]
Pink flowers etched on to the couch. Faked a smile at the wilting flowers outside the window drenched […]
To be a Christian should not be something taken lightly. It is not something that effects just one […]
The end of the book of Genesis contains what has been called the Joseph Narratives. These scenes move […]
Saint Paul tells Jesus’ church in Rome to love their enemies and to not be overcome by evil […]
I have a catchphrase that I’m semi-known for. Don’t get excited, it’s not like what you’d hear in […]