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.
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.
9/15 Readings: Welcomed Sinners September 9, 2019 News, Sunday's Readings The heavens rejoice, the Church rejoices, all creation rejoices over one single soul united in peace and love to the eternal Son of God. Never has it been so good to be a sinner.
Tamar, #metoo, and Ash Wednesday January 22, 2018 Clips, News “We must create contexts in which women can speak of their unspoken trauma, whether suffered within the church or elsewhere.”
Christmas and Pelagius December 19, 2014 Essays & Reviews Two-thirds of survey participants say we’re reconciled with God by our own initiative.
Everyday Idolatry November 15, 2013 Essays & Reviews We may not think of ourselves as idolaters. But lack of awareness is no adequate assurance that other deities haven’t set up shop in our lives.
Life in a Fallen World November 13, 2013 Essays & Reviews By Daniel Muth • If God is good, how can there be evil? To many a modern mind, it is the great atheist “gotcha!”
A Medieval Pottersville May 13, 2013 Essays & Reviews By Daniel W. Muth. The HBO series depicts a dark, dank, brutal, depressing but nevertheless engrossing world.
Muscular Mission April 15, 2013 Essays & Reviews Review by Jesse Zink Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and the Nike theology of mission.
