“Hell is Other People,” but Heaven Can’t Be: The Good Place’s Unintentionally Augustinian Outcome Eugene Schlesinger February 6, 2020 Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church, TV With its final door, The Good Place proves useful for our journey once more: we cannot stop here, we must journey on.
Mystery of Mysteries Eugene Schlesinger December 25, 2019 Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church By Eugene R. Schlesinger What is man that you should be mindful of him? the son of man that you should seek him out? (Psalm 8:5) There is a wonder in being small and recognizing your smallness. Living ... Read More...
Dialogue among Presbyterians Eugene Schlesinger June 18, 2019 Books, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Review: Flawed Church, Faithful God: A Reformed Ecclesiology for the Real World By Joseph D. Small. Eerdmans. Pp. 242. $35 Church in Ordinary Time: A Wisdom Ecclesiology By Amy Plantinga Pauw. Eerdm... Read More...
‘And Now Our Watch Has Ended’: Game of Thrones and Disappointing Endings Eugene Schlesinger May 24, 2019 Movies, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church The dissatisfying conclusion of Game of Thrones may well be the triumph of its artistic vision.
The Chilling Contradictions of Sabrina Eugene Schlesinger April 26, 2019 Commentary, TV Sabrina is beset with contradictions that cry out for a resolution within the Christian faith.
We Need More Moral Ambiguity Eugene Schlesinger March 19, 2019 Commentary, The Episcopal Church In online outrage, often forgotten is the biblical counsel: “Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness” (James 1:19–20).
Against Anglican Myopia: GAFCON, Canterbury, and Lambeth Eugene Schlesinger January 23, 2019 ACNA, Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church Anglicanism is good, but it is not ultimate, only provisional. Only Jesus Christ is ultimate, and one day, even if only on the Last Day, all denominational identities will give way to the creedal and confessed one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.
Things Fall Apart: Musings on Eucharistic Hospitality Eugene Schlesinger November 27, 2018 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Every parish my family has visited in California has made it very clear that absolutely everyone is invited to the altar for Communion.
