Jeremy Taylor: Contentedness in Hard Circumstances February 26, 2021 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight From his difficult life in the 17th century, Jeremy Taylor speaks words of guidance to help us live contentedly in our time, whatever our hardships may be.
A More Christian Way to Talk About Sexuality January 22, 2021 Essays & Reviews, Highlight Jessica Martin proposes that our current Anglican division over human sexuality “was itself handed to the Church on the back of a general cultural idolization of sex as transcendent liberation.”
Unveiling God’s Grace January 15, 2021 Essays & Reviews, Highlight This daily devotional contains contributions from 63 authors who write from a variety of backgrounds and Christian denominations. Each entry sings about God’s grace abounding to sinners.
Plumbing the Depths of Divine Compassion December 25, 2020 Updates Review by Mac Stewart The practice of “receptive ecumenism,” or the willingness to learn from other faith traditions, sometimes suffers from a reluctance about dogmatic commitments that makes traditionalist ... Read more...
Podcast: Rowan Williams & Marilynne Robinson, Pt. 1 October 1, 2020 Highlight, Podcasts, The Living Church podcast The former Archbishop of Canterbury Interviews the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author about her latest book in the Gilead series, 'Jack.'
Jack: Exploring Interracial Love and Loneliness October 1, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features A theologically charged love story and commentary on racism and segregation in the 1950s and now.
In the Liminal Zone July 30, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Highlight Charis in the World of Wonders By Marly Youmans Ignatius Press, pp.331, $17.95 As an Amazon Associate, TLC earns from qualifying purchases. Review by H. S. Cross Remember traveling? Th... Read more...
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.