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Through Yoga to Christianity
In the early 1990s I was living a high-stress lifestyle: running a successful international business and raising three children. I had no particular religious practice to speak of, having...
A Review of The World in the Shadow of God
The World in the Shadow of God: An Introduction to Christian Natural Theology by Ephraim Radner Cascade, 169 pages, $20 n This world “continuously displays the life of God.”...
Giotto’s Epiphany
Who before Giotto thought to remove the king’s crown— this first from the earth’s kingdoms come to worship. Giotto paints Him shrouded, the swaddled solemn babe, dressed for His...
Top Ten Secular Christmas Songs
And now for some staff selections in a more secular vein:
Top Ten Sacred Christmas Songs
The music of Christmas is rich in tradition and powerful in its appeal. We did a little in-house poll, and these emerged as the staff favorites:
Advent—Let’s Hold Back the Christmas Cheer
Advent is the great season of preparation for the greatest of all gifts: Christ Himself. But as our culture makes all too obvious, this is also a season of...
A Poet Haunted by Brokenness
Brokenness haunts the pages of Kathleen Graber’s new collection of poems, The Eternal City , chosen by Paul Muldoon to re-introduce the distinguished Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. An...
Faith in a Time of Faithlessness
They are lovely, your orange slices and peignoirs, and especially that green cockatoo, but why, poet, limit the mind of God to a heaven of immutable fruit? Perhaps belief...
Poetry Reading by Christian Wiman
First Things is pleased to announce our next event : renowned poet Christian Wiman will be giving a reading here at our editorial offices in Manhattan on October 29,...
God and Dogs
When I was training my golden retriever, one command I impressed upon him above all others: the essential “come!” command. That no matter what the circumstances, no matter how...
The Catholic Church’s Fight for Survival in China
The Catholic World Report has an important look at the complex situation in China in this exclusive interview with Cardinal Joseph Zen .
Review of The Lover’s Guide to Trapping
n The Lover’s Guide to Trapping BY WYATT PRUNTY JOHNS HOPKINS, 53 PAGES, $23.95 nn In this eighth volume of poetry, Wyatt Prunty continues to write traditional verse with...
Review of The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets
The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets edited by David Yezzi Swallow Press, 360 pages, $19.95 n In his introduction, editor and contributor David Yezzi suggests that this collection...
