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January 2023

January 16, 2023

The Three Gifts and Their Meaning: a Ludolph commentary

As we celebrate the season of Epiphany--of revelation, of universality, of adoration--we follow in the...

January 03, 2020

The Adoration of the Magi: Our Impoverishment

Adoration of the Magi, Edward Burne Jones, 19th c. Shall we adore Our Lord...

March 2014

March 04, 2014

Neo-Christian Myth #5: The Velocity of Holiness

There’s a delicious irony in the fact that one of evangelical Christianity’s favorite phrases—“a long...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Neo-Christian Myth #4: The Sweet Tooth of American Christianity

When we study church history, the prevailing tension is one between continuity and ingenuity—between...

February 18, 2014

Neo-Christian Myth #3: Muddling Music

Lest I offended preachers everywhere by my last post, I’ll take a moment here to...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

Impossibilities

“It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

Finding the Way, and Loving the Journey

(A Book Review) As someone who has lived in a one-mile radius for thirty years,...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Becoming Neo-Pascalian: Praying Like Elijah

“What a long way it is between knowing God and loving him!” (f. 377) Ultimately,...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

A Trilogy of Celebrations: 1 + 1 + 1

As a child, I only got two religious holidays—Christmas and Easter—and even then, they were...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Making Room for the In-Laws

Marriage is the ultimate melting pot. Unless you’re one of those whose families knew each...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Ad(vent)oration

The darkness of December weighs heavily. Despite the glories of living in Colorado, with its...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

What Difference Does It Make?: The Kaleidoscope Effect

For the better part of a year, I’ve been working on understanding a book and...

October 18, 2012

Trinitarian Spirituality, 27: The End?

We’ve come to Anatolios’ conclusion, a chapter rich with ideas and summaries. I could...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Trinitarian Spirituality, 24: A Julian Diversion

Augustine is going to take us on a deep, inner journey to the center...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Trinitarian Spirituality, 20: Gregory’s Key to Bible Study

As we pick up our conversation about Gregory of Nyssa, I want to recall what...

April 2012

April 09, 2012

Trinitarian Spirituality, 3: Modern Approach #2

If our first contemporary approach to Trinitarian spirituality led to an essential discontinuity between God’s...