The Drop Box
From the site: The Drop Box tells the story of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak and his heroic efforts to embrace and protect
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Global Christianity by the Numbers
The visible people of God have always been a tricky group to quantify. Does one go by mere self-identification or should there be some measure of “devotion” such as church attendance, daily prayer life, or bumper sticker collection? What’s an honest sociologist to do?
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The Son Reveals the Father
A brief but excellent piece about how the Jesus the Son reveals the God the Father by my friend Dr. Howard Griffith, professor
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Resisting a Spirit of Lethargy
There is a story about the basketball coach who meets his star player off the court after a particularly poor game. “Son, are you ignorant or
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The Work-Rest Balance
There is a lot of talk about the work-life balance and whether that balance is even possible. Work, after all, is a part of
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Oliver O’Donovan on Resurrection and Tradition
I appreciate this excerpt from Oliver O’Donovan Desire of the Nations. Due to the resurrection, the ancestors of our diverse and diffuse traditions
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Every Shires Ende
Sam Leith reviews Paul Strohm’s account of a pivotal season in Chaucer’s life (The Poet’s Tale: Chaucer and The Year that Made the
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Christian Enslavement
Recent reports of Christians (and other groups) being forced into slavery in Iraq and Nigeria raise terrible questions about how Christian individuals and communities forced
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Proselytizing about proselytes
The consistently interesting Peter Berger wants to convert you to his position on proselytes. Jesus, like the Buddha and Muhammad, was essentially a
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