Liturgy makes the most sense to me when it is described as no more or less spiritual than self discipline: Good liturgy and ritual guides and shapes our emotions into fitting responses to God’s self-revelation. An approach to worship focused on undisciplined spontaneity and individual self-expression can be problematic on this front, as the emotions can become feral. One of Read More

Interesting discussion over at Alistair’s on disability in theology. Doesn’t the Christian religion hold out hope of ultimate healing? Doesn’t God promise physical restoration to those who have faith in his righteousness? Don’t we, as people of God, long for the day “when there will be no mourning, nor death, nor crying, nor pain?” Insofar as this vision seeks to Read More

An uncommon sight on the internet: a homeschooled conservative Christian who does not believe the courtship is the answer! God should be the owner of a person’s heart and when a Christian young lady gives her heart to someone, it should be because it’s God’s will. There’s no stealing involved. No one can force you to love someone anymore than Read More

Five days out of the week you go to the same place at the same time to do the same thing. One day you notice this pattern. There is a reason for it, of course, but suddenly the regularity of it, the pattern-ness, is strangely compelling. For a moment you have an impression of a vastness consisting of small repetitions. But Read More