Window to a Spiritual World March 31, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features The current El Greco exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago displays his mastery of multiple styles of painting.
ETHICS: Homelessness March 27, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features To be homeless is not simply to be without shelter, but to be deprived of the stable foundation and dignity which is basic for living life in all its fullness.
Living Against the Myths of Our Time March 13, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features According to Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, a powerful and unacknowledged American religion, God exists, but he exists in order to allow us to grow into happiness and to feel good about ourselves. Two recent books say otherwise.
The Prayer for Our Journey March 3, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Wesley Hill’s reliable guide to the Lord’s Prayer is a solid addition to the long tradition of commentaries on the prayer stretching back to Tertullian, Cyprian, and Origen.
TLC’s Student Essay Competition for 2020 March 2, 2020 Essays & Reviews Essays may address any topic within the classic disciplines of theology -- Bible, history, systematics, moral theology, liturgy.
Seen Any Good Lent Movies Lately? February 28, 2020 Essays & Reviews Yes, Lent movies exist. Here's four suggestions from Hollywood's Golden Age.
ETHICS: Christian Marriage’s Freedom in Limitation February 21, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features We can only really experience true and positive freedom within appropriate boundaries. Imagine trying to play football if there are no sidelines or end zones.
Reparations: No Black-and-White Solution January 28, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features The question that seems to be on everyone’s mind is how to determine who is eligible to receive reparations payments. Suggested eligibility requirements are contested and would probably cause bitter disputes.
So, Then… Do We Really Want to Be One? January 24, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features By Russell Levenson “We pray for your holy Catholic Church... that we all may be one” (BCP, p. 387). In that prayer, we are connecting to Jesus’ final prayer before the Passion. My staff and I pray it regula... Read more...
Sarah Patton Boyle: Desegregation of the Human Heart January 19, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features By Rebecca Bridges Watts Sarah Patton Boyle Born in Virginia in 1906, Sarah Patton Boyle was raised in a white Southern family, the daughter of an Episcopal priest, and was and taught not to question wha... Read more...
