The Parable of the Past
Bit by bit, our links to significant episodes of human existence are dissolving.
“Translating” the Faith: The Lindisfarne Gospels
The Gospel of Jesus Christ has not stood still across the centuries, and neither have the Lindisfarne Gospels. When the monk penned Old English words on this gorgeous manuscript, his community was in exile, chased from their ancient home by Danish invaders. After the Norman invasion in 1066, monastic life in England grew quickly. A new priory was established on the tiny island, and the monks of Lindisfarne came home, bringing their Gospels with them. The English church would revolve around the life of monasteries like Lindisfarne for the next half millennium, counting on them to spread the good news to the English people.
Tradition for Teens
I wonder what personal attraction draws teenagers to traditional Catholic devotion?
Theology, Tradition, and Retrieval
“Theology always begins already in the middle.” It responds to the revelation of God, and it does so in particular times and places.
Lindbeck’s Ships: A Response to Chad Pecknold
Lindbeck set us afloat upon the currents of the great Tradition, giving us glimpses of the wisdom that lies on the far side, in hopes that someday we would all be united in one city.
The Conservative Christian Mind
From its beginning, conservatism has been against things and for things. It is not an inexplicable series of reactions.
Fellowship with the unorthodox? Some thoughts on a recent controversy
In recent days, there’s been a discussion of the boundaries of orthodoxy in some corners of the evangelical blogosphere.
Wrestling with our past: Cranmer our brother
What do we do when we face parts of the past — or even among brothers and sisters today from far away — that strike us as uncomfortably strange?