Why Is ‘Cli-Fi’ Important to the Church? June 16, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight Climate fiction can be an excellent tool for spiritual exploration of creation-care issues.
Being the Church in Disaster March 20, 2020 News Churches need to continue being churches in disasters, not just because that is what they know how to do, but because that is what people need.
Living Against the Myths of Our Time March 13, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features According to Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, a powerful and unacknowledged American religion, God exists, but he exists in order to allow us to grow into happiness and to feel good about ourselves. Two recent books say otherwise.
Fresh Carols for a Global Christmas December 20, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features Kevin Carey draws inspiration from other cultures in this collection of holiday poetry.
The Spiritual History of Oil November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We seldom reflect on the nature and purposes of energy itself and the kind of people and societies we need it to create. Dochuk has skillfully and subtly raised a number of questions for our contemporary society, and for Christians in particular.
Well-Placed Charity November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We are to become shrewd Samaritans without a shred of guilt for “not doing enough!” We can never solve the issues before us, nor should we set out to try.
The Toughness of Salvation September 13, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The novelist dares the reader to consider the toughness of salvation, the blood of it, and the way we may need for love to be harsh in order to be saved.
Engaging Diversity in Theological Commentary September 6, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features This commentary delivers what it promises: in both parts, for Judges and for Ruth, the authors carefully identify relevant theological themes arising from the text, and suggest ways of reading the texts that connect them with wider theological issues and debates.
Robust Conversation on Prayer Book Revision September 5, 2019 News The essays collectively provide a careful reflection on where we are as a church with the current 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The assumption is that if we are to talk about revision, we must first recognize the revolution of the liturgical movement, and second, ask if we as a church have actually lived into its vision.
The Shackles of the Present September 18, 2014 Essays & Reviews Fashionable church design not only throws the baby out with the font water but endangers the altar and Lamb as well.
