A New Grace for Meals
By John Mason Lock
Our family devotions include a practice that we’ve been using for almost a decade. In sharing it here, I do not mean to imply that it should be universal. Among its other qualities, surely... Read More...
‘Where the Wild Things Are’
By Christopher Yoder
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan;
and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
— Mark 1:13
In Maurice Sendak’s delightful children’s... Read More...
Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43
By Paul D. Wheatley
Life lived on this side of eternity is beset with an awareness of its finitude. We live with a quiet sense of life’s fragility. From the hushed moments at grandmother’s bedside, to youthf... Read More...
Bibliolatry: the Exvangelical Boogeyman
By David Beadle
During my first week of seminary, at chapel orientation, a professor said that Scripture was the foundation of Anglican worship. I knew I was going to an evangelical seminary, but I didn’t ex... Read More...
There and Back Again: Historical-Critical Skepticism and Renewed Faith
By Jay Mills
I was a very lapsed Episcopalian in the late 1960s and 1970s. I left to join the revolution, the one that never panned out in bringing a better world. In the meantime, I became what can only be ... Read More...
Dust and Ashes
By Joseph Mangina
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So run the familiar words spoken during the imposition of ashes in the liturgy for Ash Wednesday. They echo the LORD’s words to A... Read More...
This Month Shall Be for You
Esther 9:20-10:3
By Jon Jordan
A little over a month ago I finished reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It is the first in a now four-book series spanning roughly five centuries and centered on the... Read More...
A Good Day
Esther 8:15-9:19
By Amber Noel
What makes for a good day? A walk in the park with your dog? Stopping by the café for a hot doughnut and a cup o’ joe? A day when all the to-dos are checked off, your bills ar... Read More...