by George Clifford Recently, I read Edward Dreyer’s history of wars in China during the first half of the twentieth century, China at War: 1901-1949 (London: Longman, 1995). Unless you have a particular interest in, and background knowledge of, those wars I do not recommend that you make the effort to read this specialist volume. …
O Lord, grant us that love which can never die, which will enkindle our lamps but not extinguish them, so that they may shine in us and bring light to others. Most dear Savior, enkindle our lamps that they may shine forever in your temple. May we receive unquenchable light from you so that our …
There were few words more popular at General Convention 2012 than ‘missional’, (except perhaps for ‘nimble’). Helpfully, and perhaps in preparation for General Convention 2015, Ed Stetzer, a blogger at Christianity Today, has written a series on the meaning and origins of the word. In 5 parts, he talks to the professor who first used …
Fr, Johnathan Grieser, a priest in Wisconsin, has been noting the progress made towards marriage equality on his blog. He also notes, however, the sad lack of a unified response to the events of this past week, when the US District court struck down the same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional. He points out that as …
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It has long been known that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, had a conversion to Christianity when he was a young student in college. Welby himself has described his conversion under the influence of evangelicalism at Cambridge. A new biography that will be released June 26, however, theorizes that an incident that happened much …
This weekend, NPR interviewed Katharine Haynoe, an atmospheric scientist and researcher at Texas Tech University. As a devout Christian, she has spent the last few years travelling around to different churches and faith groups, to explain why climate change is an issue worth caring about. Part of her work, as she describes it, is attacking …
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