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Culture and Music
The following is a perfect example of engaging culture through the arts. This is what New Wine is about. Redemptive engagement…
Never a better time for some EE Cummings
I love EE Cummings. I love people who write things that make me feel fully alive again– as if, just by finishing it, I have been resuscitated in a way I didn’t even know I needed. I am grateful for people who get over themselves and dare to express these sort of sentiments for the [...]
The Wounds of Jesus
To prepare for Easter, I have been reading from Jean Vanier’s “Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John.” I felt the following passage was worth sharing: These wounds become his glory From the wound in his side flowed the waters that vivify and heal us. Through his wounds we are healed. [...]
Glenn Beck and the Church’s Politics
In recent weeks, Glenn Beck has stirred up controversy by instructing his hearers to leave their churches if they hear or see the words “social justice,” as he believes the words are “code” for nazism and communism and a perversion of the gospel. The words led to a blogging spree, as one would expect, and [...]
The Biblical Family?
Scot McKnight on the biblical family. Or, more accurately, Scot McKnight on Stephen Holmes on the biblical family.