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The Greatest Drama Ever Staged

Some favorite quotes from this brief piece by Dorothy Sayers: Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as a bad press. We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because...

March 22, 2012No Comments

The Crowning of Charlemagne

One of the books I’ve engaged with a bit to learn more about church history is Mark Noll’s Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Baker Academic, 1997, 2000 [2nd ed.]). I’ve started...

March 8, 20121 Comment

2012 Projects

If I get into Fuller, I will be starting Phd seminars this fall. That means my “out of school” phase is likely drawing to a close. Its been an awesome season to have more freedom...

January 26, 20121 Comment

Christmas 2011 and Reading Projects

Esther and I had an awesome Christmas vacation in Nashville. I got lots of great time with Esther, friends who were also in Nashville, Esther’s family, and my parents. It was also great to be...

January 6, 20122 Comments

Face to Face with God

Here’s another great quote from Lovelace’s Dynamics of Spiritual Life, concerning the often neglected role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. The metaphor in the third paragraph below is particularly interesting...

December 1, 20111 Comment

Relaxing into that Quality of Trust

This is an often quoted paragraph from Richard Lovelace’s Dynamics of Spiritual Life, which I am finally getting around to read, but its worth continually returning to and reflecting on: Only a fraction of the...

November 16, 2011No Comments

William Cowper’s Letters

When I was in Nashville for Dan’s funeral I stumbled across an old copy of William’s Cowper’s letters, which I’ve been reading a bit since. Cowper lived a very complex and tragic life. He went...

November 11, 201122 Comments

Dan Wise: February 7th, 1975 – October 24th, 2011

I am sitting here in the Nashville airport waiting for our flight back to L.A. Its been a blur of a week. This past Monday morning my brother-in-law Dan Wise died suddenly from cardiac arrest....

October 29, 20112 Comments

A Joyful Monday

Esther and I had a great time in Grand Rapids, Michigan over the weekend. Its a beautiful city in late September as the weather is cool and the leaves are just starting to change, and...

September 26, 20111 Comment