Lent is for Making Christians: The Way of Love Can Show Us How Eugene R. Schlesinger February 16, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church, The Way of Love By Eugene R. Schlesinger Lent is a fascinating cultural phenomenon. On the one hand, it’s fairly unpleasant. My daughters, for instance, spend Gesimatide lamenting the fast approach (no pun intended) of Ash ... Read More...
Comfort Food Eugene R. Schlesinger January 15, 2021 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Mark 6:30–8:26 By Eugene R. Schlesinger With these verses we approach the mid-point at the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus will ask his disciples, and, by extension, us: “Who do you say that I am?” Mark’s Gospe... Read More...
The Ten Commandments: Timeless, Just Not the Way you Think Eugene R. Schlesinger August 19, 2020 Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Ethics, Ten Commandments, The Episcopal Church By Eugene R. Schlesinger The Ten Commandments, recorded in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, are the centerpiece of the Mosaic legislation, and have long been a major focus of Christian catechesis (alongs... Read More...
In the Midst of Life We are in Death: Eastertide and the Pandemic Eugene R. Schlesinger April 13, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Here we are in Easter, yet it feels more like an extended Holy Saturday.
“Hell is Other People,” but Heaven Can’t Be: The Good Place’s Unintentionally Augustinian Outcome Eugene R. 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 R. 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 R. 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 R. 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.
