Quite the piece here in Touchstone Magazine by David F. Watson: As I watch my eleven-year-old son, Sean, make movies on his iPad, I worry about the future. In this era in which many have taken it upon themselves to insist loudly and publicly that their lives matter, many also insist that lives like Sean’s do not. Last March, the Washington Post published an article by Ruth Marcus entitled “I would’ve aborted a fetus with Down syndrome. Women need that right.” As... Read more

Religious people, including evangelical Christians, are generally supportive of science. On the other hand, they often distrust scientists. There are some valid reasons for distrust – when some of the loudest voices condemn or belittle religion portraying science as true enlightenment. Elaine Ecklund and Christopher Scheitle conclude their book Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think with some thoughts on productive ways forward. First, they note that “most, if not all, of the apparent tensions or conflicts between religion... Read more

From The Guardian: Mel Greaves has a simple goal in life. He is trying to create a yoghurt-like drink that would stop children from developing leukaemia. The idea might seem eccentric; cancers are not usually defeated so simply. However, Professor Greaves is confident and, given his experience in the field, his ideas are being taken seriously by other cancer researchers. Based at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, Greaves has been studying childhood leukaemia for three decades. On Friday, it was... Read more

By Kelly Edmiston Frozen 2 and The Divine Feminine The evolution of Disney productions over the years is a refreshing one. From films about Cinderella being in distress and in need of rescue and Sleeping Beauty and Snow White being asleep in need of a handsome prince to awaken her to the dynamic and powerful queen Elsa and Anna in the Frozen movies. I would say feminism has certainly made its mark on Disney. But there is more here to... Read more

One of the world’s truly great historians today is an Oxford scholar of the English Reformation, and his name is Diarmaid MacCulloch (Dur-mudd). Years back I read his massive book Thomas Cranmer, and just a year or two ago I read his All Things Made New, a collection of shorter writings on the Reformation. Now he continues his work on the English Reformation with a bold and big beast of a book called Thomas Cromwell. It is not wise today for... Read more

Christ, as a light illumine and guide me. Christ, as a shield overshadow me. Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ beside me on my left and my right. This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful. Be in the heart of each to whom I speak; in the mouth of each who speaks unto me. This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful. Christ as a light; Christ as a shield;... Read more

Some like to repost the post that gained the most pageviews, but I’ve chosen a different kind of post for this last day of the year: the one that surprised me in how much interest it attracted. The post was by Alexandra Greenley and it was at CBE, and it suggests that the “elect lady” of 2 John is a real person and a pastor. Read it, it’s a good suggestive post. May 2019 be a better year for women... Read more

Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. BCP Read more

Another year of Meanderings, usually close to 52 times a year, comes to its last post. I hope you had a good 2018 and a blessing on your 2019. Goodreads and Reading in 2019: This suggests to me that this reading challenge thing isn’t working for quite a number of people. I would propose, instead, thinking about the number of minutes a day you want to read and figuring out where you will set aside that time in your day.... Read more

By Mike Glenn As any parliamentarian can tell you, resolutions have no binding authority on the body. That is, a group can vote on any number of resolutions — you know, “Be it now resolved”, — but that doesn’t mean anything is going to happen. Resolutions have no authority. They’re a symbolic statement of a body’s mood at a particular time and place, but no real action is going take place. None is expected. Nothing is going to change. Resolutions... Read more