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…
Denis Haack
Denis is the author of The Rest of Success: What the World Didn’t Tell You About Having It All and has written articles for such journals as Reformation & Revival Journal, Eternity, Covenant, and World. He holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.
Experimentation, Failure and Faith
When I was a boy I experimented with wood burning (an aunt gave me a set for my birthday), carpentry (I wanted to make…
Discernment Exercise: Nudity in Art
To the editor: First, I’d like to thank you for devoting so much ink and paper in your last issue to Square Halo Books…
When Creation Cries Out
Above me, in the boughs of a massive white pine a blue jay is objecting to my presence. He screams, flies off to do…
Karen Choi, Paper Birch (2012)
Touching time, sensing something more Karen Choi has been on the move—Nebraska to Missouri to Minnesota to Missouri with a brief stopover in Tennessee…
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.…
Enlarging Imagination: The Art of Ned Bustard
One of my earliest memories concerning art involved the exquisite woodcut block prints of Albrecht Durer (1471-1528). I’m uncertain where I came upon them,…
Imagination matters
Art / Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
One of the reasons I have sworn allegiance to Christ as king is that I believe the ancient prophets. Their words echo down the…