“Mary treasured up all [the words of the shepherds] and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) In Luke’s account of the birth of Christ,
At one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the early apostolic church—an inflection point recorded in the book of Acts—we read:
Three of my best friends and I sat on a bench at the back of the chapel after vespers, after an evening of sunset canoeing
St. Vladimir’s Popular Patristics Series Building a historical theology library must begin with primary sources. I know that many of you are looking to this
In On Christian Doctrine, Augustine wrote, “So anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by
Concern for idolatry permeates the Scriptures. If idolatry is understood as turning away from God and placing one’s trust in someone or something else, it
Just recently, in my eighth year as a pastor, serving my fourth congregation, for the first time, I found myself in one of the most
“In a revealed religion, silence with God has a value in itself and for its own sake, just because God is God. Failure to recognize
“To teach is to create a space where obedience to truth is practiced.” (Parker Palmer, To Know as We Are Known) Despite all anecdotal evidence
When I first drafted my proposal for the book that would become Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian