The Ecumenism of Pope Francis
Church unity is noble goal, but one which must be pursued with care and integrity. I have a piece in First Things on
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How is God Our Father
In this video from Third Millennium Ministries, I talk about how God is a covenantal, royal father, and how this sort of fatherhood
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On J.R.R. Tolkien and Having Friends like Hounds
In his book, A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and A Great War (Nelson, 2015), my friend Joe Loconte traces the influence of World War I over two
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The New Utilitarians
In the current London Review of Books, Amia Srinivasan has a review of the book Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference
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Bonhoeffer on Christian Unity
In his delightful and quirky meditation on Christian community entitled Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer describes the grounds of Christian community in this way: Christianity
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Colbert on Faith: Logic Has Nothing to Do with It
Stephen Colbert is talking about his faith again, this time with Father Thomas Rosica, the Vatican’s English language spokesman for the Holy See and
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Ashley Madison, Public Shaming, and the Light of Christ
I preached from 1 John 1:5-10 this past Sunday, a text that has a lot to say about the implications of “walking in
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God’s Glory Filling the Earth
So what is history’s endgame? The glory of God filling every corner of the universe. Here is a piece I did with Third
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Colbert’s Divine Rapport
Stephen Colbert has been open about his Catholic faith before (here is a roundup; and that time he beat up on Bart Ehrman), and when he
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Story’s Dominance of Life
Jonathan Gottschall’s 2012 book The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make us Human (Mariner Books) begins with the line from Elie Wiesel’s The Gates of the
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