How did he put it? "It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had
Teaching them to Dream: Christian Shepherd as Keeper of Meaning
I have been seeking to advocate the premise of pastor as the last remaining "living repository" of a lost, higher culture[1] amongst the several
Flannery O’Connor and the Christian Artist’s Prayer
I have been reading Flannery O’Connor. Her composed prayers were published a few years ago by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2013). I find that I have
Malcome Muggeridge on Evolution
"I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it’s been applied, will be one of the great jokes in the history
Nativity: Merry Christmas from the Miltons and RTS
Nativity by John Donne Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb, Now leaves His well-belov’d imprisonment, There He hath made Himself to His intent Weak
My 2011 Top Twelve Summer Reading List: Part One of Four
So many books, so little time. I remember reading that the late, great Welsh minister, Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones, used to enjoy his sea voyage to America