The Church of the Introverts
Turning clergy into managers is just the sort of thing one might expect introverted clergy to do even if not deliberately.
The Loss of the Past and the Strange Future
Voices of the Plains Cree by the Rev. Edward Ahenakew (1885-1961) is essential reading for Canadian seminarians.
Unplanned parenthood
I suspect that most agree with this basic principle, this core assumptions of modern democratic life: pregnancies should be, with rare and rarely charming exceptions, planned.
Resuscitation or rebirth? ‘Renewing Culture’ at the Eighth Day Symposium
Rather than sweeping doctrinal differences under the rug, Eighth Day Institute seeks to focus its ecumenism on the theological riches of ancient Christianity, which Christians of both East and West can claim as their heritage.
Virtue and basketball
Basketball has its own “internal goods” and rewards, which are available to everyone regardless of ability, whereas the “external goods” are by definition scarce and subject to competition.
Bowie, Rickman, and the end of virtue
Celebrities are our secular saints. So when a celebrity dies, especially unexpectedly, there is a strange murmur that runs through our culture.
Stop being jerks about Christmas
In seminary, I learned that "We must reclaim Advent." The only way to do that is through a vicious mocking of the foolish plebeians around us who sing Christmas carols any time before 11:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
TV culture
In 1955, The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the most popular television programs in America. Those of us born in the age of cable, let alone the age of the Internet, can hardly imagine the cultural impact of a sho... Read More...