The Next Church Guest Contributor December 12, 2018 Ministry, The Episcopal Church If religion continues to church-it-up in pretense and inside baseball, we become like Gilbert and Sullivan operettas: great good stuff, beloved by an ever-shrinking, self-congratulating group of lovely people.
A practical question on law/gospel Sam Keyes June 7, 2017 Commentary, The Episcopal Church Grace underlines all of what we do in school, but it is always a grace that assumes action and discipline.
500 years after Luther, the law/gospel insight remains almost true Garwood Anderson May 16, 2017 Commentary, The Episcopal Church Luther's understanding of the gospel has a tremendous liberating appeal, but also grave hermeneutical consequences.
Infinite Beauty Andrew Petiprin February 23, 2016 Commentary Beauty cannot be suppressed, even by the Church, and Infinite Beauty, who is our living God, really will save the world.
Beauty will save the world Andrew Petiprin February 1, 2016 Commentary We’ve forgotten what art is for. We need places to live, work, and worship: They are useful for us when they reflect our value as creatures of Beauty itself.