An extraordinary ordinary Neawanaka is a tiny village on the Oregon coast, a place where people have lived longer than the stories tell, on…
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.
Living in a Boring Cosmos
Culture / Pluralistic World / Spirituality
Consider being alone, still, in complete silence. It can be a precious relief, a lovely respite from noise, and busyness, and demands, and people.…
Be of Good Courage
Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
It might be wise to resurrect a biblical greeting that was used when God’s people faced uncertain times—“Be of good courage.” The story goes…
St. Augustine on the Just Society
Books / Culture / Spirituality
"It is only in God that human beings find fulfillment and perfection. If they have no sense of God, they have no sense of…
The Birth of the Christian Worldview
Discernment / Scripture / Spirituality
Imagine a citizen of Rome thinking about the world the year Herod Antipas became tetrarch of Galilee—4 bc, the historians reckon. There are skirmishes…
Old Myths Resurrected
Pluralistic World / Spirituality
Some of the most popular films today depict ancient pagan gods as superheroes. The Avengers (2012), for example, directed by Joss Whedon, one of…
American Gods (Neil Gaiman, 2001)
A battle of the gods American Gods, by Neil Gaiman is probably the most significant work of fiction I’ve read in the last several…
Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman, 2017)
Ancient stories from icy terrain When I heard that Neil Gaiman was publishing Norse Mythology (2017), a retelling of the ancient Nordic myths I…
Ambition (Erin McGraw)
Ambition carries us into terrible places. I don’t understand why it has such a good reputation. People remark that so-and-so is very ambitious, and…
Dr. Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
When battles are within and without Stephen Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) is a brilliant neurosurgeon with a worldwide reputation and an ego that…