The association of ashes (or dust) with repentance has a long history. After Job, for example, encounters God, his response is to “repent in…
One. He insisted if I was a girl I be named after her. Interesting, isn’t it? Boys are frequently named after the father and…
It’s almost impossible to talk with anyone for very long before someone starts listing the reasons they think things are beginning to circle the…
Some books are published not because there is any chance they will become best sellers but because they need to be published. What they…
This past week I witnessed the consecration of an Anglican bishop. Ordinations always fill me with a sense of wonder, because they are moments…
On April 25th the nursing home informed us that my father had died. He was 93 and failing, though slowly, and the end came…
These films have two things in common. They depict characters that are marginalized, living on the edge of society bearing secrets that isolate them…
A question often raised concerning ISIS is, “Why in the world would young people in the West would want to join them?” There are,…
Introduction This is a guest blog by an acquaintance of mine, Thomas K. Johnson, a philosopher and theologian. It’s a piece of rather…
From the start the environmental movement has included voices that wanted to bear witness to a spiritual dimension in the stewardship of the planet.…
In “Among the Disrupted,” the cover essay for the New York Times Book Review (January 18, 2015) Leon Wieseltier laments how devices are often…
If you have not read the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, or seen the movie directed by Angelina Jolie, we recommend you do so.…
