A Book for Our Time Guest Contributor February 23, 2021 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Michael Mayne’s A Year Lost and Found By Ronald A. Wells About six months into the COVID-19 quarantine, a friend from another part of the country called to ask how I was getting on. I mentioned that a silve... Read More...
Books: Forgotten Friends The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner November 16, 2020 Books, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Ephraim Radner When I worked in Burundi in the early 1980s, my house stood across the road from the local school. One day, a young man came by and introduced himself. He was a teacher at the school, a Rwa... Read More...
Being a Potato Bug Sam Keyes March 10, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church, TV Watching Mister Rogers with my children is a constant reminder of how impoverished our culture can be when it comes to childhood.
How to Be Political Stewart Clem June 15, 2018 Commentary, The Episcopal Church We need to disabuse ourselves of the notion that interest in politics is merely a hobby.
Wilmer Woodfork’s hand of kindness Douglas LeBlanc October 6, 2017 Commentary Wilmer bound my emotional wounds. He broadened my understanding of his world.
Ideal friendship? Jesus and St. John Neil Dhingra December 27, 2016 Bible, Commentary, Liturgy, Roman Catholic Church Social media seems to have thinned out friendship. What model does John present, the disciple whom Jesus loved?
Two loves in Jesus Christ Superstar Charlie Clauss April 14, 2016 Commentary I can’t help it. In Lent I usually feel nostalgic for the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. One of my older siblings got it right after it came out in the early ’70s. I liked it. No, I loved it. Forgive me if ... Read More...
I have called you friends Mac Stewart December 9, 2015 Commentary There is a whole wonderful realm of relational intimacy that our culture misses out on by loading all of its human-closeness eggs in the basket of specifically sexual intimacy.