The impulse to revise: The habit of American prayer books
Is prayer book revision a rational response to a current encounter? Or could this perhaps represent a more habitual response?
A concise prayer book
Many want to be reconnected to a tradition from which they feel distanced. They want ancient, connected, continuous, simple, transformative liturgy.
Appointed to be read: The Authorized Version, my go-to Bible
I have recently found myself reading the Authorized Version (a.k.a. the King James Version) for my devotions.
Zombies, pop culture, and the wage slave
Perhaps the zombie may be a myth at home in the post-Christendom of late modern society.
Tolkien study
I know a lot of Christians really prioritize Bible study. I love reading the Bible, too. But every January I do Tolkien study. Or, to be more exact, Silmarillion study.
It wasn’t until I was a graduate stude... Read More...
Game and ritual
I have been reading an excellent book by George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera called The Characteristics of Games. Although they avoid giving any final definition, they offer various ro... Read More...
Consider the ant
Nathan Jennings: This summer I have been meditating on God’s creation as a way to praise God and work on making my prayer life a bit more concrete.
A Blues Brothers mystagogy
Every other time I've watched this movie, the repeating theme wherein the “brothers” insist that they are on a “mission from God” came across to me simply as part of the joke of the movie or as a blasphemy.