General Convention and the Sophistic Temptation
I haven’t stopped scratching my head about the lack of theological debate at General Convention.
Plato has gone before us
In The Vision of the Soul, James Matthew Wilson asserts that the Western tradition is dominated by one name: Plato.
Window into a larger world
After a year of worship, I embraced the Nicene Creed as a beautiful expression of truths at the heart of the gospel.
Climbing the ladder of God’s delight
My first encounter with natural delight changed my life. I ended up leaving my parish ministry in North Carolina to move to the United Kingdom. Since then, I’ve gone out into wildernesses and the countryside with increasing regularity, spending as much time as I responsibly can soaking in the natural world and learning how to delight.
The real truth about fake news
The only surprising thing is the outrage that has emerged around the topic of fake news.
Truth made flesh
The in-breaking of the kingdom of God shows up to me rarely in the grand gestures of life, but instead in the tender moments when God slows me down long enough to see the truth of God’s love, which silences — even just for a second — the lies of depression.
Truth with teeth: The study of satire and our study of the Bible
Satire can quickly become toothless, selling itself for an easy laugh.
Comedy as commentary: What is truth?
Comedy has moved far past slapstick, and instead wishes to call forth something deeper within the mind, body, and soul.