‘About Suffering They Were Never Wrong’
Just before the dawn of the bloodiest century, Mark Twain conducted ‘scientific experiments’ in the London Zoological Gardens in which he contrasted the characteristics…
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‘Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places’: Living Out the Drama of the Church Calendar
Over the past decade or so, I’ve begun to steep myself in some of the ancient rhythms and rituals of the Church. I have…
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Who is to Blame for the Post-Truth Era? I am
In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that…
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“Play this Song, DJ, Maybe We Can Change the World”
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was a monumental day. It was the day America elected Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the United…
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On Silence: A Primer and a Poem
I’m not sure there has ever been a time when humans loved silence. This is not to deny that we have a knack for…
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The Spectre of Beauty
‘After I released my catch, Mr. Herzer and I paused for a moment to appreciate our good fortune. In less than five minutes, we…
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Review: The Edge of Words
Rowan Williams. The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of Language. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. xiii + 204pp. £20.00/$34.00 hardcover. Rowan Williams breaks the…
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A Friendly Easter Exhortation: Rise Up and Get the Hell Out of Here
In the midst of Holy Week, as we enter into the dramatic triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, it is worth…
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The Most Beautiful Thing: Racial Reconciliation and the Credibility of the Gospel
On December 18, 1963, while visiting the campus of Western Michigan University, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke these famous words: “We…
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