Richard Dawkins recently made available for the first time online his Christmas 2011 interview with Christopher Hitchens, which was published…
The Defeat of the Dragon, the Ancient Serpent
A holistic understanding of the person, purpose, presence and power of the Holy Spirit is needed to live a fruitful…
Stealing Past Watchful Dragons
This is from C.S. Lewis’s essay “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said” (from On Stories: And…
Beowulf and the search for glory
One of the themes I am thinking about as I work through Beowulf is 'pride and humility'. At the heart…
Incapable of helping
“I begged Your disciples to liberate him from this spirit, but they were incapable of helping us.” -frustrated man to…
Mother’s Day and the Changing Culture
Thoughts I shared during the Mother's Day portion of our Sunday service: I am not sure what your ‘mother story’…
A Poem: Offerings to Mother
Mother's Day is a complex day for me, I am surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses that bring honor…
Remembering: the pain of saying goodbye slowly
"We will be first in Heaven…us disabled people, we will be first.” -Roger I visited my old friend Roger in…
Chesterton on Teaching
"Every education teaches a philosophy; if not by dogma then by suggestion, by implication, by atmosphere. Every part of that…
The Hearing Stone
Pouring wine and oil over a stone seems like some strange ritual to play out at a prayer retreat, so…