Seven Arrows of Bible Reading By Sarah Puryear Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and ever hold fast the bl... Read More...
The Dangers of Subculture By Sarah Puryear The recent Amazon Prime documentary Shiny Happy People is a devastating and incisive examination of the form of Christianity followed by the Duggar family and millions of other fundamentalis... Read More...
Reading Esther and Ruth in Tandem Esther 1:1–2:23 By Sarah Puryear This week in the Good Book Club, our reading plan moves from the story of Ruth to that of Esther. These two books are often paired with each other because they are the only ... Read More...
Why Episcopalians Should Read the Pope’s Latest Letter By Sarah Puryear This summer a Roman Catholic friend sent me a link to Pope Francis’s latest letter entitled Desiderio desideravi and asked me to read it. I must confess I am not in the habit of reading Pope... Read More...
A Christ-Haunted Christmas Carol By Sarah Puryear Like most English majors, I keep a running list of books I “should” read but never quite get around to reading. Several of Charles Dickens’s books feature prominently on mine; I’ve been mean... Read More...
A Lesson from Winnie-the-Pooh How to Engage Children with Scripture By Sarah Puryear At six years old, my son is squarely in a Winnie-the-Pooh phase, which makes my husband and me very glad since we love those stories ourselves. Introd... Read More...
Turn It Up to Eleven: Holy Week Music from Andrew Peterson Resurrection Letters by Andrew Peterson seeks to draw the listener into the events at the heart of the Christian faith.
Why I Gave Up My Smartphone for Lent — And Took It Back I realized my smartphone had become my centering point — or rather, my decentering point.