Reading Reality (and Watching for Bric-à-Brac on Our Windowsill)
Christian monastic pioneers saw that books left on the windowsill are more likely to make an impression on those outside than on those within.
A Christmas Tree You Don’t Know Beans About
The locust tree is a rare symbol of Christmas and Easter as one.
What Is Your Vote?
I’m not asking what candidate you support. What I am asking you to consider is what does your vote constitute?
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Last Rites for Local Parishes: On the Decline of Catholic Chicago
A church that prides itself on its universality—its catholicity—has served as a seedbed for hundreds of parishes divided along ethnic lines.
Dying Properly—like a Dumb Ass (A Dispatch)
Little do I know that in a few days I will have died properly: by explosion.
Grace is the Currency of the True Economy
Theologians have long used the language of economics to help explain God’s ways. They often focus on redemption as a kind of transaction. I think this is just one aspect of God’s economy.
Institutionally Challenged? Obadiah to the Rescue
By God’s grace, this child of parachurch upbringing coupled with a healthy dose of American independence is growing in his appreciation for the institution ordained by God.
To a Hare, From a Louse
But on this day, I am the louse. It’s my “impudence” and “cursed speed” that has made me break what little union I had with my fellow mortals.
Wal-Mart Churches and the Need for Community
The truth is that many American Christians do not want a local church. We’re too independent and consumeristic for that.
Nisi Crederet, non Caperet
Beauty is the beginning and end of all true knowledge: really to know, one must first love, and having known, one must finally delight; only this “corresponds” to the Trinitarian love and delight that creates.