Holy Desire and Good Counsel By John Bauerschmidt Cranmer’s 1549 prayer book, and subsequent editions, continued the use of a collect first found in the eighth-century Gelasian sacramentary, one identified by the 1559 version as a “coll... Read More...
On Forming Human Children, Part 1 By Jon Jordan If you encounter human children on a regular basis, you are doing the work of formation. A mark is left on them by your action or inaction, by your words or your silence. By what you choose to en... Read More...
The 10th Commandment: As Sinful as Apple Pie Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By John Thorpe Covetousness! Again, who ever confesses that? Thousands are guilty of it, but few will own it even in private before the Lord. Charles Spurgeon, Sermon 641 (July 23, 1865) Each of the other nine c... Read More...
God Doesn’t Need Your Love We need God. We long for God. And no, God does not feel the same way about us.
Celibacy, Abuse, and the Formation of Desire The clergy sexual abuse crisis is not born from a lack of sexual partners, but from disordered sinful desires acted out in predatory ways.
Philip Sheldrake and the Theology of Desire As a work that deals with the age-old questions of human motivations, wants, and fears, Befriending our Desires remains highly relevant
Christian leadership and disordered desires Winning accolades or recognition doesn’t leave us satisfied, but leaves us wanting more.
Desire prevails over reason Faith, hope, and love — those absolutes of the Christian life — are instances of desire.
