A life in a string of epiphanies
I’ve been blogging now for more than seven years, and religion has been a frequent topic. But I’m pretty sure I’ve never set out an orderly account of my religious pilgrimage or explained just what my...
View ArticleNeither Nor
Neither Roman Catholic nor Protestant, I nevertheless pay a lot of attention to both, because they are where the culturally significant religious action is in my homeland. Likewise, I pay attention to...
View ArticleUn-learning
Sometimes, after a wrong start, you have to un-learn things. Continue reading →
View ArticleShame Culture and lesser things
"[W]hat we’re watching right now in much of our nation’s Christian politics is an explosion not of godly Christian passion, but rather of ancient southern shame/honor rage."
View ArticleAn oddball Evangelical finds a home in Orthodoxy
I told once before how I went from Evangelical to Calvinist to Orthodox, but I think there's more than one truthful way to tell it. Today's post is a different, more subjective telling.
View ArticleAll Saints, 2023
I invested a lot of time in viewing Shiny Happy People so you wouldn't have to. And more, of course; there's almost always more than one item.
View ArticleSunday, 7/9/23
After thirteen-plus years of blogging, it occurred to me to write about the churches that have shaped and shocked me. Some other stuff, too, including arcana for ecclesial Christians.
View ArticleSunday, 9/17/23
Novices in the limelight I found myself very recently worrying about Paul Kingsnorth and his sorta-kindred spirit Martin Shaw: It is dubious to thrust Paul Kingsnorth and Martin Shaw onto the Orthodox...
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