"The heartbeat of anti-racism is confession, is admission, is acknowledgement, is the willingness to be vulnerable." ~Ibram Kendi
Tag: Christianity
On the Inconvenience of Surrender
"Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours." ~C.S. Lewis
How to Be Brave in a Pandemic
What is courage, and how do we get more of it to face the difficult days ahead? I've been turning to some insights from sci-fi, art, and social activism.
Fani’s Vision in ‘A Hidden Life’
What enables you to endure suffering? What gives you the hope to go on? In Fani's case, it is a glimpse of a restored world where everything sad comes untrue.
An Objection about House Churches and Liturgy
James K.A. Smith's argument for the power of historic liturgy seems difficult to accept if you meet in a house church.
Book Review: ‘You Are What You Love’ by James K. Smith
What if we are not primarily thinking creatures, but creatures of habit? What if we are not driven mainly by what we know, but by what we love? My review of this incredible book by James K.A. Smith.
The Most Important Christians
Some Lenten observations from N.T. Wright on how the most important Christians are not those who preach great sermons or write best-selling books.
From ‘Cryptonomicon’: The Importance of Time-Tested Moral Frameworks
Historian Yuval Noah Harari does not believe religion has anything relevant to say about the technological challenges of the future. His argument reminds me of a passage from an award-winning novel that suggests otherwise.
