Old prayers in modern Vietnam: A meditative review

Books / Spirituality

This collection of prayers from the early seventeenth century, edited by the poet Robert Hudson, travelled with me to Vietnam. For a second time,…

Finding hope in a pandemic

Pluralistic World / Spirituality

The coronavirus is a terrible scourge, leaving a devastating trail of illness, death, strained relationships, loneliness, economic hardship and business loss in wide swathes…

Pandemic Wisdom

Faith / Family / Ordinary Life

So much has been written about the pandemic, much of it wise.  I wondered why add my own? So, here are quotes from others…

The Seamless Life (Steven Garber, 2020)

Books / Faith / Ordinary Life / Spirituality

The Seamless Life Over many years of mentoring and teaching, Steve Garber has rightly insisted that the Lordship of Christ should transform our view…

Architect of Evangelicalism (Carl F. H. Henry, 2019)

Books / Faith

Architect of Evangelicalism If biblically orthodox Christians are not to be merely reactionary about evangelicalism now that it is in some turmoil, it is…

The embarrassing church

Scripture / Spirituality

As my friend Donald Guthrie, professor at Trinity International University and president of Ransom’s board is fond of saying, it’s hard being the local…

Excerpt: The Second Mountain (David Brooks, 2019)

Books / Spirituality

This is a brief excerpt from: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks (New York, NY: Random House; 2019)…

A Theology of Writing

Faith

Since we should pray all the time and about everything (1 Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:19), we should be able to pray through our theology…

Going Home

Faith / Family / Ordinary Life

Going Home We are saddened by the recent death of Denis’ mother. At the same time just when we’d almost lost hope of spring…

In Praise of Boredom

Art / Spirituality / Visual Art

Reading the World—by James K. A. Smith In Praise of Boredom In his book The World Beyond Your Head, Matthew Crawford talks about what he…