Wendell Berry – What is Sex For?
Wendell Berry is perhaps best known as a writer of essays and stories about community, stewardship, and the values that should undergird them. He is also the author of at least one somewhat unconventional love story: Jayber Crow. To be…
pool party photo album
The pool party turns five. Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to Alison and Melissa for taking some pictures. See them all here.
Role of the Church?
Expectations for what a church is and what it should do vary widely. Yet everybody has them. Perhaps it's that a church must have weekly communion. Or sing hymns. Or have a well-developed Sunday School. Short-term mission trips? Urban outreach?…
The Porn Myth
Imagine coming to a table crowded with your closest buddies. You are hungry, your appetites sharp, your anticipation high. So when the kitchen door opens everyone starts cheering, knowing what’s coming next. But instead of delivering a great meal, your…
Political Gap
Now available online is byFaith magazine’s article on politics and Christianity, The Political Gap That Divides Generations. Don’t miss the podcast interview at the end of the article in which Richard Doster and Greg Thompson (pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church…
Bildungsroman
Bildungsroman (bildung=“formation” + roman=”story”) – A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character. (Answers.com) I should have guessed that there was a German word for the “coming-of-age novel.” Bildungsroman. “Formation…
Women & the Diaconate: A Discussion between Drs. Ligon Duncan and Timothy Keller at the 2009 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America
This discussion and Q & A session offers an excellent overview of the question of women and their relationship, biblically and historically, to the office of deacon. It also serves as a commendatory illustration of how to deal with a…