As I write, it is mid October. From my kids’ perspective two things stand between now and Christmas: Halloween and American Thanksgiving. (In our house we have already celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving. Multiple cultures make for extra thankfulness.) For the Church, though, there is another whole season between now and Christmas: Advent, the four week period when […]
Reading Scholarly Studies (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Sorry for the delay in writing back. What can I say? I was swamped. I’m glad to hear your classes are also requiring you to read things that aren’t primary sources, and aren’t introductory text books. The interesting stuff in any field is happening in the current scholarship: the monographs and articles. These […]
Why Do We Have To Die? (Heidelberg Catechism Q42)
Why do we have to die? Most human beings have asked the question. It cuts deep when you are facing a loss, or facing your own mortality. Or when you are a kid, trying to figure out the basics. Why do we have to die? The Heidelberg Catechism (that globally and historically popular, but locally […]
Between Obscurity and Fame (The Writer’s Inner Life)
When I posted about the writer’s battle with “the demon of futility” I mentioned the frustration that can come from identifying yourself as a writer. People ask what you’ve written. They’ve never heard of it. They’ve never heard of you. In a way this is perfectly natural: A book can be a success by any reasonable […]
How to Read a Boring Textbook (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: I have to say I’m kind of envious of envious of you. It’s officially fall. We finally have some cooler temperatures. But in college or graduate school late September is full of gifts. You are partway into a new semester, walking with newly familiar books in your backpack across campus toward the library, under the […]
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