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Community and the Creative Spirit BeautyFeatured PostsUncategorized

Community and the Creative Spirit

Nietzsche With the Voice of an Angel   Ralph Waldo Emerson’s seminal essay, “Self Reliance,” remains the great paean to American individualism. As with all the man’s writings, it’s equal parts quotable and intoxicating, making the task of choosing a representative statement a formidable one. But choose we must and the following will serve our purposes well: "O father, O mother,…
April 13, 2023
Elisha and Jesus: A Window Into God’s Heart BiblicalFeatured PostsOld TestamentTheological

Elisha and Jesus: A Window Into God’s Heart

An Overlooked Hero We all have our superheroes that shape us, whether real or imaginary. Even as adults, we look to figures holding larger-than-life personas, generally on the sports field, movie screen, or church platform. My husband has a short list of superheroes: his father and Roger Staubach. For me, my heroes were all behind a church podium. As a…
March 2, 2023
What Are We to Make of the Revival at Asbury? CultureFeatured Posts

What Are We to Make of the Revival at Asbury?

  A Note of Hesitancy As of this writing, the events unfolding in the auditorium of Asbury’s chapel are getting more and more difficult to explain away. What began as a routine chapel service on Wednesday, February 8th has transformed into a perpetual worship service, drawing crowds from all around the nation, and indeed from around the world. Pictures from…
February 23, 2023
How to Be a Hopeful Realist CultureFeatured PostsLiving Out Your FaithSpiritual Formation

How to Be a Hopeful Realist

Why We Think Hope is Unrealistic  Ironically, we often mistake hope for hopelessness. Look no further than the early stages of the pandemic in 2020. Driving through the spooky stillness of the first lockdown, I came across a marquee boldly declaring, “Hope is not canceled!” All of the shows at this particular venue were canceled, of course, along with the…
January 11, 2023
5 Lessons From Ecclesiastes About the Meaning of Life ApologeticsBiblicalFeatured PostsLeadership

5 Lessons From Ecclesiastes About the Meaning of Life

“Doubt everything, find your own light.” These are the last words of the Buddha.  It sounds like good advice, but then the human heart invariably presses on to doubt itself!  After all, what security, what authority, what kind of assurance can we have that this light is true?  The hunger for meaning, the quest for understanding, the search for answers…
January 4, 2023
Not a Star for Wishing BeautyFeatured Posts

Not a Star for Wishing

The Gift of Faith vs. the Grace of Faith Perhaps the best feature about the little condo I’m renting is a big skylight in the center of the vaulted ceiling. When I need a break from writing, I lay on the couch and look up at the passing clouds; or, if it’s nighttime, I turn the lights down and look…
December 22, 2022