We American Christians have a funny way of acting like we invented the faith. Or maybe it fell out, like an old letter, from between the pages our Bibles. We don’t know what we owe to people like St Athanasius and St Cyril. If we are aware that Christianity has a past, we often see it […]
How to Find a Life-Giving Rhythm
Some lessons I have to learn over and over. Or maybe they are things that I just need to practice every day to learn at all. One of those lessons is how to find a life-giving rhythm in this chaotic world. Chaos can come in the form of too many demands from too many directions. Work […]
I Interview Laura Alary, “Make Room: A Child’s Guide to Lent and Easter”
This week I interview Laura Alary: a very dear friend, and a children’s author who has written a growing shelf of books. She takes both children and theology very seriously. My kids and I totally dig her books. Since her new kids’ book Make Room: A Child’s Guide to Lent and Easter is coming out just […]
Review: A Goodness I Cannot Explain
Imagine: You start having odd symptoms. Your doctor does a scan of your head. There is a tumor. Two treatments are possible: each has very serious risks. How do you decide? That is the situation Rev. Catherine Stewart faced a few years back. The journey that follows is the subject of her new book, A Goodness […]
What’s an Epiphany?
In school when I was a kid we spent a month or so studying some novel. It it, my teacher said, the main character had an “epiphany.” Everyone but me knew the answer to a crucial question: “What’s an epiphany?” What’s an Epiphany? Now I can tell you: it is a moment of revelation. The character in […]
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