Christmas Joy & Mourning
At Christmas we often focus on the joy of Christ, but just as important is the way that Christ embraces our sorrows and heals our wounds.
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What Led Me to Radical Orthodoxy
A new “manifesto” on radical orthodoxy has been widely discussed. Where did its ideas originate? One author explains.
Why Gratitude is Absolutely the Right Choice Right Now
The benefits of gratitude is so robust there is nearly nothing you could do to encourage more widespread happiness and relieve more suffering than encouraging the daily recounting of gratitude.
Stop Deleting Your Facebook
More and more of our friends and family are opting out of social media entirely. Honest question: What would Jesus do?
This Is How It Begins to End
If you are a Christian, you are politically homeless. This has always been true. Now it is obvious. Our calling is to place eternal principles over ephemeral factions in this disciple-defining moment.
Whose Image Are You Seeking In Your Countenance?
Many have been persuaded to pursue an “authentic” image of ourselves in our own countenance, rather than seeking the image of God there. Could that be why we’re so miserable?
Intersectional Anger on the Left and Right
What’s helpful about intersectionality, and how it can also be harmful (on both sides of the political spectrum). This continues our series on anger in America today (See also “Anger and the Modern Prophetic Voice”)
The Steep Price of Hypocrisy in Christian Witness
The battle with sin is our shared inheritance. Nobody is immune to a fall from grace. We must pray that our Father “suffer us not to be led into temptation” and then live to make that a reality.
A Book of Mormon Missive for the 2020 Election
Can a country founded on the idea that all of us are created equal accept Jesus’s admonition to see contention as the devilish delusion that it is?
Are There Good Reasons to Opt Out of the BLM Movement?
If you have questions or concerns about the Black Lives Matter movement, does that make you racist—or suggest that you don’t believe “black lives matter?” Of course not. But if Americans were needing a reminder of why not, Jonathan Isaac just provided it.
Bites of the Best Books: August 2020
Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.