Echoes of Eden A few days ago when the staff of Ransom met for prayer, the liturgy in Common Prayer included a line that…
The Art of Guy Chase (2011), Beauty Given by Grace (2012)
Distinctly different, distinctly Christian visions Guy Chase crafted art that was sharply contemporary, the sort of work that causes me to stop and look…
Anarchy Evolution (Greg Graffin & Steve Olson, 2010)
Resisting authority, embracing anarchy Over the past few years I have read the authors known in the media as the New Atheists, and have…
The Casual Vacancy (J.K. Rowling, 2013)
Behind drawn curtains in the shadow of ruins There is a “casual vacancy” in Pagford. That's what they call it when a member of…
Margie’s 2013 Christmas Gift List
Art / Books / Safe Place
I Want to Show You More by Jamie Quatro, Grove Press, NY, 2013. (Short story collection) Quatro writes short stories like a post-modern Flannery…
Sorrow & Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom (Edited by William Taylor, 2012)
A story imperfectly known When I was nine years old, a man I had never met or even seen died with four friends, none…
It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God (Ned Bustard, Ed., 2013)
Good Music in God's World I am not one for mixed tapes. It’s not that I don’t like them—when a friend occasionally makes one…
Objects of Grace (James Romaine, 2002), C.S. Lewis and the Arts (Rod Miller, Ed., 2013)
Scholarly Musing Since Christ is Lord of all, the Christian faith has something substantial to speak into every aspect of reality, life and culture.…
Light at Ground Zero: St. Paul’s Chapel After 9/11 (Krystyna Sanderson, 2002)
Quiet in the center of a storm On 9/11 Americans watched in growing horror as planes flew into skyscrapers in lower Manhattan, as desperate…
Intruding Upon the Timeless (Gregory Wolfe, 2003)
Meditations on Art, Faith & Mystery For the generation growing up today, within the cultural thrall of postmodernity, it is almost impossible to fully…