A Wafer-Thin Practice
by Hans BoersmaThe bodily presence of Christ in the wafer and the bodily presence of the believers in church are two sides of the same coin. Continue Reading »
COVID-19 and the Spiritual Life
by Dale M. CoulterDuring and after the Black Death, Christianity saw the blossoming of an interior spirituality. Continue Reading »
Learning From the Jewish Easter
by R. R. RenoGod’s deliverance of his people from the dominion of Pharaoh is a raising of Israel from the dead. Continue Reading »
Faith and Love in Tandem
by Kevin MartinNow is the time to be strong in faith and love—especially the love for our neighbor. Continue Reading »
Embracing the Kind of Redeemer God Appointed
by George WeigelWestern culture tends to forget that suffering is an irreducible part of the human condition. Continue Reading »
Uncertainty and the Christian
by Ephraim RadnerThe uncertainties of the present are the building blocks of hope, not its detritus. Continue Reading »
Happiness for All
by Mark BauerleinA few years ago, when a group of students at Emory University prepared to demonstrate against a controversial speaker, I asked a senior why they wanted to do so. She had a background different from that of the typical selective school attendee, a hard-edged one, and she’d already told me that . . . . Continue Reading »
Formation for Worship
by Hans BoersmaThe Christian faith does not terminate in propositions about God. This conviction comes through loud and clear in James K. A. Smith’s recently completed three-volume work, Cultural Liturgies. Smith’s trilogy may be read as a friendly yet firm word of caution to his Reformed . . . . Continue Reading »
Easter Vigil
by Mary-Patrice WoehlingYou’re rising somewhere in the April nightAgain, as ever with returning spring.Your tomb will be found empty at first light Again. The dead cells of Your corpse igniteAnd flame to life; the spheres of Heaven ring.You’re rising somewhere in the April night To glory. For a moment all is right;The . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian Life In Plague-Time
by Kevin MartinLuther’s letter “Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague” finds that elusive middle ground between panic and foolhardiness. Continue Reading »
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