“Oh Book!” Part One: Scripture as Beloved By Nathan Wall Christians use all kinds of words to describe the Bible. Catholics call it Sacred Scripture. Protestants of various stripes call it inerrant, infallible, or inspired. Most western liturgies pr... Read More...
The Way of Love: Bless Part of a series on The Way of Love. By Elisabeth Rain Kincaid One of the most parodied terms of the Christian social media world has become the hashtag #blessed. From the viral trends of #Christiangirlau... Read More...
The Restless Desire to Know Thyself By Mike Michielin Many today are “perplexed by desire and what it says about who we are as human beings.” Typically, today’s philosophers, psychologists, educators, and the media tell us to look inward and tap into what our desires are telling us about who ... Read More...
Common Objects of American Love: Augustine and the Inaugural Address By Mark Clavier I admit that I occasionally can be a theological curmudgeon. I say this not to boast nor even to excuse myself since I’m not quite prepared to repent of it. It stems, I think, from a sensitiv... Read More...
God is Now By Chip Prehn The season of Advent is full of warnings, but in A.D. 2020 there is a diffuse perfume of apocalypse in the air. The plague appears to be spreading. The economy is uncertain. Many sectors hav... Read More...
On Being Other-Worldly By Joey Royal In 430, as the elderly Augustine lay dying, Vandals were sieging his North African city of Hippo. He spent those final days alone, in prayer, surrounded by the words of penitential psalms written on sheets of paper hanging on the walls of his ... Read More...
The Second Commandment: Imagination and Contemplation Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Mac Stewart One of my favorite TV shows as a little kid was Reading Rainbow. In a book, the theme song said, you can go twice as high; you can be a king and l... Read More...
A Deadly Kind of Calling By Jordan Hillebert Augustine wept at his ordination. He had arrived in the ancient seaport of Hippo, in part, to avoid becoming a priest. The Catholic Church in North Africa was at that time a relatively... Read More...
