Mystery and Objectivity in Christian Unity By Charlie Clauss Fr. Matthew Olver, in his essay “Unity’s Fire,” gives us a powerful account of why the question of Christian unity stands central to the task of discipleship. He recounts how the diversity ... Read More...
Nourishing Memories, Chapter 4: Conversion at Oxford By Graham Kings Turning Point In one week my whole life was turned upside down. On Sunday, January 20, 1974, as a first-year law student at Oxford, my faith in Jesus Christ came alive; on the Wednesday, I ... Read More...
Bright Sadness: Notes on the Theology and Practice of Repentance By Joseph Mangina When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent” (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. So runs the first of Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. But if we are summoned to repent at all times, Lent is... Read More...
Because I Do Not Hope to Turn Again On Ash Wednesday By Eugene R. Schlesinger With my penchant for the melancholy, I’ve always resonated with what we might consider the “downer” moments of the liturgical year. The desolate waiting of Holy Sat... Read More...
Conversion Matters The Three Conversions of the Christian Life By Kevin Martin and Robert Michael Lewis Resource Publications. Pp. 74. $10.00 Review by George Sumner Christianity “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6)... Read More...
Re-Evaluating David Brooks By Matt Boulter It was circa 2002. I was an urban church planter in an evangelical denomination in my early 30s, working in a trendy American city. I was full of enthused, energetic adrenaline for gospel-based cultural engagement (which was probably mostly ... Read More...
Simone Weil and the Mission to Modernity Simone Weil is a figure who is hard to categorize, a Christian mystic who resisted being baptized, a political philosopher who wrote only one complete book, which bases a theory of political organization on the needs of the human soul.
Ecological Conversion and the Generations to Come Perhaps no stronger argument exists for climate action than the health of our children and grandchildren.
