idolatry – Covenant

Exorcizing Our Gun Demons: Insights from Shane Claiborne and William Stringfellow

By J. Scott Jackson Let’s chop up a gun,” Shane Claiborne said. "You might want to step back a little.” The Simple Way community founder and activist donned a pair of work goggles and proceeded to slice t... Read More...

Sancta Salus

By Michael B. Cover Twenty years from now, scholars of American civil religion — a term which covers everything from the Deism of the founding fathers to the “blood hymns” of the Civil War to the role of pro... Read More...

“Don’t Cheat on God”: The Seventh Commandment

By Brandt L. Montgomery In “Faith of My Father,” I recalled how God made possible the reunion between my late father and I in 1997, following a seven-year estrangement. I further recounted Dad’s pastor describing him not only as a firm Christian but also a ... Read More...

The Second Commandment: Imagination and Contemplation

Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Mac Stewart One of my favorite TV shows as a little kid was Reading Rainbow. In a book, the theme song said, you can go twice as high; you can be a king and l... Read More...

The Church and human rights: Michael Ignatieff on idolatry

Churches face difficult decisions on matters of human rights because some discussions of the topic, like Ignatieff’s, present an alternative moral worldview with which Christians have overlapping concerns.

Hate your own political party

Jesus’ words might mean, “Whoever does not hate his own political party cannot be my disciple.”

Is idolatry impossible?

Perhaps it is time for us Christians to stop imagining that anyone really desires anything more than God.

Why we do this

Receiving the presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is treated like a weekly Pill by some of us.

The hope and joy of peace

Meditations on the Transfiguration

Communion, Conflict, and our Common Home

Every Idol Demands Human Sacrifice

A guide to the Covenant

Meditations on the Transfiguration

Communion, Conflict, and our Common Home

Signs, Things, and the Mediation of the Ineffable:

Every Idol Demands Human Sacrifice

What Makes Us Beautiful

Martha and Mary

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Meditations on the Transfiguration

Problems with Forgiveness

The Changes and Chances of This Life

Worship on Behalf of All: Pastoral Wisdom from Martin Thornton

Will Liturgy Be Enough? Part 2

“Open Table,” Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church

Ascension song

What Makes Us Beautiful

Longing for a Re-enchanted World:

Prolixity and Precision: Reading David Bentley Hart Fast and Slow

In Praise of Alberta: Introducing Corb Lund

Nourishing Memories, Chapter 5: Theology and Christianity at Oxford

Signs of Sanity in the Culture: Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Exorcizing Our Gun Demons: Insights from Shane Claiborne and William Stringfellow

Sancta Salus

“Don’t Cheat on God”: The Seventh Commandment

The Second Commandment: Imagination and Contemplation

The Church and human rights: Michael Ignatieff on idolatry

Hate your own political party

Is idolatry impossible?

Why we do this

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