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Bibles for the Ages

Wesley Hill
Bible, Books, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church

It’s Time to Talk: Jubilate – Theological Language and Prayer Book Revision

Calvin Lane
Contributors, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Theology and Occult Science

Jeff Boldt
Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors, Reviews & Culture

Mercy Triumphs Over Grace

Rob Price
Books, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church

Questioning Lambeth 2020

The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew
Analysis, Church of England, Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology

“In Him All Things Hold Together”: A Theological Meditation for Aspiring Christian Universities

Guest Contributor
Analysis, Commentary
The call to realize our identity as a Christian university is a great challenge, but it is also liberating, because it means that we don’t need to compete with the publicly-funded, provincial universities. This is good news, because we simply do not have the economic, infrastructural, and even personal resources to do the public research university thing better than they do it. But ... in the person of Christ and in the powerful presence of the Spirit who leads God’s people into all truth, we do have the potential to become something that public, secular universities cannot be:  a university in the true sense of the word, united in the uni veritas, the one or whole truth that holds together in the living Christ.

General Synod and A Word to the Church

Dane Neufeld
Analysis, Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics
It could be argued that if we had all gone home after voting on these affirmations, much of the pain that resulted from General Synod’s other decisions could have been avoided and we may have been the better for it. But as it happened, we proceeded to the debate and vote on the marriage canon amendment, the failure of which unleashed an avalanche of protest, accusation, and ill will that in many ways will form the lasting characterization of General Synod 2019 for many of those who were present.

Springsteen, Belonging, and Religion in Blinded by the Light

Neil Dhingra
Commentary, Movies, Music, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church
To be sure, Springsteenism is an ambiguous religiosity. Springsteen, as Roops pronounces, “knows everything you’ve ever felt … and he can describe it better for you.” His music allows one to see the depth and profundity in ordinary life — to see even father-son conflict as “something as old as time,” as Manzoor says, and to respond with empathy. Springsteen himself is a role model of uncommon decency.

Taught by Strange Words

Mark Michael
Commentary, Editorial, The Episcopal Church
Sometimes a strange word in a Bible reading or a liturgical text may be a stumbling block to one “almost persuaded” (Acts 26:28). We discover new things in old texts, or hear words intended for building up used only to tear down. Just how much time do we have to explain in an age of shortened attention spans and sporadic Sunday attendance?

Jim Thompson and the Killer Inside Us All

Guest Contributor
Books, Commentary, Orthodox Church, Reviews & Culture
We prefer to think that evil is something “bad people” do, and that these bad people are easily recognizable. We see a mug shot on the news and say “Oh, he looks like a child molester, like a mass shooter, like a serial killer, like a bad person. Or as often as not today we think of evil as that perpetrated only by our political opposites. We describe such people as “inhuman” or “deplorable”, descriptors that gives us the relief of distance. The guise evil wears is, of course, always that of someone else.