Questions You May Not Have Thought Of People often think theologians are busy thinking up answers to questions that people don’t really care about. I bet you’ve heard that, in the Middle Ages, scholastic theologians spent their time debating how many angels could dance on the head of a pin. People believe this is true. It is our stereotype […]
The Paradoxical Presence of Christ (Heidelberg Catechism Q47)
A couple weeks ago I was reflecting on a much-neglected biblical teaching: the ascension of Christ. We may neglect it because there is a conundrum in the ascension: the puzzling, if not outright paradoxical, presence of Christ. Ascension vs. Presence The last scenes of Jesus’ earthly ministry are emphatic about two completely opposite things: Jesus […]
Looking into the Gap: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos
If I were to pick one item of teaching or practice that best marks the distinction between Protestants and the more ancient traditions of Christianity it would have to be Jesus’ mom. She’s huge to both Orthodox and Catholic Christians. Protestants? Not so much. Not too long ago I heard a Protestant sermon in which […]
Why Time Management Is Futile — And A Better Goal
Time management is futile The tricky thing about attempts at time management? The goal is wrong. Time management is futile. Time is completely beyond anyone’s control. Time simply is, and it goes flowing by without asking my permission or changing to my will. If you am going to attempt to manage something, it must be something that […]
The Prophet Elijah: Fire or Grace?
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates one of the great figures of the Old Testament: the prophet Elijah, or Elias. Since for the last couple years I regularly participated in the Vespers service at St. Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Dubuque I wanted to reflect a bit on their patron saint. He is remembered as the […]
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