O God, because without you we are not able to please you mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. And we pray for the victims of hurricane Ike. Read more
John Kennedy and Maria Shriver in Chicago, and Reagan at Wrigley: |inline Read more
Those who are watching trends among evangelicals know that many today are returning to the ancient ways, picking up prayer books, and finding ancient liturgy a source of spiritual strength. I myself have tapped into this in a book called Praying with the Church. But, the personal turn toward liturgy is only part of a much bigger turn: when churches are turning more liturgical. |inline Read more
Another in our series from Alice. Nancy Beach writes one chapter in Gifted to Lead specifically for male pastors and leaders; she makes the assumption this might be the only chapter they’d be willing to read. In it, she makes a compelling plea to address the issue of women in church leadership, and to engage it now. |inline Read more
Primitivism is the subject of Alan Jacobs’ fine study on the New Worlds that emerged in some folks’ heads in the 18th Century (in Original Sin). In essence, we ask today just how innocent children are. There’s a noble, yea perhaps ignoble, history at work in this idea of primitivism. |inline Read more
Here is a letter from one of our readers, and I asked the person if it was OK to post and it is used with permission. I’ve done some reading and writing in spiritual formation; I have not read exhaustively, but I am aware of extraneous influences. What do you think? Scot, |inline Read more
An informed reader of the blog has sent this letter into me and I want to post it and offer a response — a brief one — at the end. Scot, these are my thoughts on Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith, which I’ve wrapped up with some thoughts on Finding Faith, Losing Faith: Stories of Conversion and Apostasy. Feel free to use or not — regardless, I’m curious for your thoughts on this question of how... Read more
2 Peter may finally clinch the matter for our question: |inline Read more
Chris Wright’s The Mission of God brings together his life of thinking, and chp 11 of this book ties together his thinking about election, redemption and covenant and how each gives rise to “mission.” In this chp he focuses on ethics and how each of the above themes has an ethical dimension. We’ve got a big question for today. |inline Read more
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