Gloria Deo

Something I've been talking about in recent months (as in THIS SERMON ) is the importance of beauty in our own spiritual lives, and also...

 This is a continuation of the theme of the recent post: another conversation with Rod Dreher on "re-enchantment" and his new book...

The always informative Rev. Dr. Jordan Cooper shares about a 19th Century Lutheran thinker who may show us a way forward that preserves much...

Many churches traditionally read the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, the Mother of our Lord, on the 4th Sunday of Advent. Quotes ...

I live in a parsonage, though in the past I've owned a condo.  In the future I hope to own a house again.  Many people of my generation ...

Here is a great video from Joe at the 'Young Anglican' channel in which he does a great job showing the symbolic and typological con...

The great New Testament Scholar and Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright uses a vivid image in one of his books about how the rationalism of post-Enl...

One of the recurring themes of this blog (and of my life) has been striving for greater unity among all Christians, and most especially amon...

 I've been slow to post on this blog lately, but plan to continue to share articles or videos I find interesting (or want to be able to ...

 It is about a year and a half now since the Coronation of King Charles III.  I have been wanting to do a video or commentary on the service...

 

 The question of "how can I be assured that I am saved, that I am receiving and standing in God's grace?" was one of the burni...

 

This message was preached back in November of 2016 at the beautiful First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio. 

Tomorrow is the feast of "Corpus Christi" (The Body of Christ), commemorating the institution of the Lord's Supper.  Here are ...

 Last month the US Congress approved a huge new war-funding/military aid package for Ukraine (and another one for Israel).  I've been cr...

 One Roman Catholic theologian that I have enjoyed reading and profited from is Scott Hahn, a former evangelical Presbyterian pastor (having...

 Rev. Jeffery Rickman has done a good job raising awareness and highlighting issues within the United Methodist Church and the Global Method...

 I believe in bishops.  I've had both really good and really bad experiences of Episcopal oversight, but experience is not what drives m...

Since leaving the United Methodist Church (UMC) last year I'm no longer attached to any Methodist or Wesleyan denomination.  Yet I still...

...Or at least, like one of those who actually could read. Jonathan Pageau and Richard Rohlin are both committed Eastern Orthodox Christians...

Sometimes you read a book and immediately feel "This is important, and I should probably read it again right now." I had that exp...

 There is a now a great deal of research showing us that Religious people are happier, more generous, healthier, longer-lived, and more cont...

 Of course, it comes down to what we mean by "Purgatory".  But I do recommend this discussion; rather than simply repeating slogan...

 Interesting conversation: 

 This is a pretty in-depth look at new evidence from cosmology and from cellular biology and other fields that suggest a Divine Intelligence...

 Here is a good and helpful video:

 This is a really fascinating, at times provocative discussion.  I think he is definitely onto some things here...

 Where does identity come from?  Does how we feel determine who we are? These are important questions that have a bearing on much of the new...

 I've been watching with interest some major "non-religious" thinkers in the last few years rediscovering the importance of Ch...

 Mr. Jonah Saller's "Mere Catholicity" YouTube channel is worth checking out.  He is a very thoughtful Anglican layman who is ...

 It seems to me that too many people assume a fundamentalist view of Scripture, that ignores genre, ignores allegorical readings, ignores th...

I remember reading a while back about a Canadian Province that changed its traditional motto (Latin, if memory serves) to the multi-cultural...

 Here is (another) great conversation with Eastern Orthodox Christian artist Jonathan Pageau.  A few minutes into this video he gives a very...

There is a pretty good Anthony Quinn movie from years ago called "Shoes of the Fisherman" in which a reform-minded bishop - perhap...

 One YouTuber I've recently run across and really profited from/enjoyed is Jonah Saller at the Mere Catholicity channel.  I believe that...

Many of us, especially those with children, have grave concerns about the dramatic rise in mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicide and ...

 This is a truly fascinating discussion with Jonathan Pageau about the way Christ means that God has taken the Creature into his own life in...

 Here is a provocative video from Roman Catholic lay apologist Brian Holdsworth.  While I don't usually see things 100% the same way he ...

The following statement of faith and theology was adopted by the Administrative Board of the Richmond Nolley Memorial Methodist Church in Au...

 This one is "into the weeds" a bit: Dr. Jordan Cooper has a great video on the differences between the Lutheran and Reformed/Calv...

 Anytime you speak about something as wide-ranging as "The Sexual Revolution," you are going to be speaking in broad generalizatio...

 The "Universal History" discussions between Jonathan Pageau and Richard Rohlin are, for my money, some of the most interesting co...

Here is another video from the Rev. Dr. Jordan Cooper, of the Lutheran tradition.  Though the Anglicans and Methodists share in common a vie...

I'm not a regular Tucker watcher by any means, but I was intrigued by the title of this one when I saw it on YouTube.  I've become m...

 Here is a great video from Lutheran pastor and theologian Rev. Dr. Jordan Cooper defending the Western view of the " filioque ." ...

Baptist pastor & scholar, Rev. Gavin Ortlund, produces great and edifying videos - many defending the historic continuity and catholicit...

 An issue that many Christians (and explorers of Christian faith) have struggled with is the apparent disparity between God as described in ...

 Here is a fascinating conversation as Anglican clergyman Calvin Robinson (Free Church of England) interviews Paul Kingsnorth - writer and e...

In a secular-materialist worldview Beauty is merely a matter of personal opinion, rather than public good.  It is seen as a luxury which is ...

 Here is a great video from Jonathan Pageau "doing his thing" and discussing patterns of symbols in Scripture, and in the ways tha...

 Below is a great video from a Lutheran teacher, examining why the New Testament leads us to a sacramental understanding of baptism, in whic...

 I recently listened to this lecture as I put together a toddler bed for our 2 year old.  I have said for years, half (but only half) joking...

 Many churches leaving the UMC will choose to join other denominations, which will provide doctrinal guidance and accountability for preachi...