In Defense of Advent (and the Church Calendar)
It’s easy to overlook the powerful value of the Church Calendar, but during Advent we need to avoid this
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It’s easy to overlook the powerful value of the Church Calendar, but during Advent we need to avoid this
In Defense of Advent (and the Church Calendar) Read More »
We need models. We need teachers to show us how to live. And some of the best teachers are those which have never breathed, have never taken on flesh, have never had the urgency of a real death. Some of our best teachers are fictional characters. This is what Leland Ryken means when he says
Advent Like Telemachus: Homeric Lessons for Celebrating Advent Read More »
In Old Testament times, people carried personal idols around with them to receive guidance and blessing from their deity. Unfortunately, this tradition is often perpetuated in modern times by the way we carry our smart phones. We fear to part with them. We constantly check them to see if they have any messages for us.
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Where Augustus commanded everyone in the antique Roman world to be enrolled into the city of man, the New Testament authors turn this idea toward a higher civilization.
Enrollment in the City of God Read More »
Looking past the overly saccharine Christmas carols we’re so familiar with today to the hope they help us remember
What exactly did the Magi see – and does it even matter?
When They Saw the Star Read More »
While church father Athanasius of Alexandria is probably best known for his “contra mundum” stance against Arianism, for his defense of the doctrine of the Trinity (“whole and undefiled”), and for the “Athanasian Creed” (which he didn’t actually write), he was also an eloquent writer of great clarity and precision. CS Lewis called him a
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Are you busy enough yet, mom, teacher, mom and teacher? Advent: a time of preparation. Perfect. We are the preparers. We fill stockings, bake cookies, prepare devotions, cut out snowflakes, bake gingerbread houses, wrap presents, attend meetings and recitals, take pictures, decorate trees and mantles, and most of all we try to make it all
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