Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
Crafting, Nativity and Comfort
A Salt Dough Creche Soire One December, many years ago when I was still into crafting like my redemption depended on it, I decided…
Category: Christian faith
Mary comforts our Mother Eve
A Christmas card arrived last week. Nothing unusual about that in the month of December. It isn't often that a mere card digs into…
The Bedroom Vault
Ned Bustard of Square Halo Books released a new book I was privileged to see in manuscript form earlier this year. Revealed: A Storybook…
Thinking about terrorism in Paris
Introduction This is a guest blog by an acquaintance of mine, Thomas K. Johnson, a philosopher and theologian. It’s a piece of rather…
Caring for the earth in a secular world
From the start the environmental movement has included voices that wanted to bear witness to a spiritual dimension in the stewardship of the planet.…
Unbroken: The Power of Forgiveness
If you have not read the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, or seen the movie directed by Angelina Jolie, we recommend you do so.…
Charles Taylor (II): Subtraction stories are untrue
Philosopher Charles Taylor has spent a lifetime of careful study unpacking the meaning and development of secularism. One of the things he demonstrates…
Charles Taylor (I): Fragile faith in a secular age
One of the most important books to be published in these opening years of the 21stcentury in philosopher Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age.…
The Four Holy Gospels
Our copy of The Four Holy Gospels arrived at this past week. I suspect that the daily, weekly routines in offices become second nature…
When the gospel is not the gospel (I)
Christians believe in something called the gospel, and if you are a non-Christian you have probably heard the term mentioned. What might be less…