Tomorrow the Western Church commemorates St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). What should we learn from this Doctor of the Church? A lot. For generations he was required study for Roman Catholics preparing for priesthood — no small influence there. He was also the whipping boy of the Reformation — Luther and Calvin disliked him a lot, […]
One Key Step toward a Life of Gratitude
In 1656, English Puritan John Beadle published a book on keeping a journal as a spiritual discipline: The Journal or Diary of a Thankful Christian. To his knowledge and mine, his book was the first on the topic. Ever since, I suppose, Christians have fallen into two camps: Those who like to write in journals and those […]
Who Do You Say He Is? Christ the Mediator
One of the most important questions Jesus ever asked was “But who do you say that I am?” In Matthew, Mark and Luke this is his follow-up after asking his disciples what the crowds said about him. Everyone who tries to figure out what to do about Christianity has to ask this same question. We […]
The 2 Keys to Life as You Were Meant to Live It!
You can find a lot of free advice out here in the blogosphere. Everybody wants to get something — anything, apparently — that will make their life the way they want it to be. The way they need it to be. The way they long for it to be. Christians have a name for that […]
The Trinity: Is It Really All About You?
I spent a whole blog post just ramping up to talk about Gregory of Nazianzus’ way of dealing with the Trinity. Let’s see if I can be on topic by making one brief comparison. For most people today the Trinity is discussed in relation to US. I’m not thinking of academic theology but ordinary conversation. Correct […]
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