Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Strangers in a Strange Land
I’ve always had an affection for French Canada. My father’s family began there. When I was growing…
Toasting Jesus
At an evangelical gathering on a New Year’s Eve, someone stood to announce that he wanted to…
Spurgeon at Year’s End
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was a cigar-smoking Baptist pastor in Victorian London whose influence, even in his…
ELEMENTARY Monasticism
I sometimes see reflections of my Eastern Orthodox faith in unexpected places. Take the hit CBS television…
The Nativity of Our Lord
He was born into the silence of this world. Because there was no room for him in a…
The Joyful Mystery of Christmas
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him…
Christmas and the Humbling of the Wise Men
It might seem that everything that could be said, has been said, about the shepherds, the wise…
We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno Latour’s 1993 We Have Never Been Modern is a neglected masterpiece. Its argument is compressed, the terminology idiosyncratic.…
Bonhoeffer in Advent
The year was 1943, and another Advent had dawned for Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer loved Advent…
Gnosticism 2.0
Humans typically situate their divinities at the border of the cosmos. The Israelites and Babylonians understood the…
Our Partial Pacifism
I am inclined to blame pacifism for our embrace of torture. Now, I do not consider myself qualified…
Spirit in Flesh
God has come to the human race many times and in many ways. He came to form…
Undying Love
The cry of lament in Psalm 102 exposed a raw wound: “My days pass away like smoke…
The Old Story
She loved him in the way girls only canAt sixteen, with a maelstrom of desire. She lingered…
Should Science Think?
The question is not quite as facetious as it might sound; it is really rather metaphysical; and…
