Women in the Bible Retreat
Our meeting with God will be in four modes and three moods over four days.
The Auckland Project
For an increasingly secular Britain, the Auckland Project is an important and generous way to introduce people the role in their local history played by the church and the unique religious heritage of the north of England.
Art Versus the Machine: What Tolkien Might Say to Extinction Rebellion
Those who care deeply about the fate of the planet would do worse than to take Tolkien’s Elves as their model, building communities marked by artistry, craftsmanship, husbandry, wisdom, and delight. This will involve equal parts remembering, stability, humility, and self-denial.
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Those who take up such work rarely win wealth and glory by it, for all the sacrifice it demands. The things they produce, the art that serves the liturgy of God’s people, is a common work of praise, an expression of love. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be the praise” (Ps. 115:1).
The Joy Of Salvation: On Bob Ross As Evangelist
Evangelism isn’t about pamphlets and theories and door-to-door sales pitches. Instead, it’s living life from a place of profound joy and letting that joy be definitive and overflowing. For us Christians, that joy is given to us by the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. To share it, we don’t need pamphlets and marketing strategies. We simply need the joy that comes with the story and living our lives defined by that joy.
Anti-sacramentalism and history’s verdict
The Vision Glorious, part three
The Vision Glorious
This essay examines some of the principles that animated the leaders of the Oxford Movement and considers their relevance for contemporary opportunities and concerns.
Holy Spirit: Remembrancer
Refresh my memory, / With words of Moses and Jesus, / To help me follow your ways / And imagine your future.