David Brook’s made some insightful observations about the strategy of the Democrat Party leading up to the midterms. …we’ve learned that when Democrats do raise a moral argument, it tends to be…
Readers occasionally approach me with requests for links to the articles I wrote for the Chuck Colson Center. From 2011 to 2014, I maintained columns at the Center, usually supplying three articles…
I was recently blessed to listen to the recordings of a three-part series offered by His Grace, Bishop Irenei (Steenberg), Ph.D. These talks are both inspiring and challenging, pressing us into deeper…
One of my favorite movies is the 2002 science fiction film Equilibrium. Written and directed by Kurt Wimme, the film is set in a future society called Libria. In Libria it is…
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I couple weeks ago I was speaking on George MacDonald and the Imagination at the Gold Country Gathering hosted by my parents. A number of people at the conference heard I was an…
Throughout this series on sacramentalism, I have suggested that the sacramental imagination involves learning to perceive the world according to its real shape or essence. It is a way of picturing things…
Was John Calvin a Nominalist or a Realist? Does this question even have meaning? What were the primary influences of this theology? Last year (or was it earlier this year?) I published…
The following is taken from the chapter on George MacDonald in my book Saints and Scoundrels. At a time when Darwinism was removing the wonder and magic from the world, reducing people…
The sacramental imagination invites us to rethink one of the hottest topics within Christian apologetics right now: the meaning of “a Christian worldview.” In 1963, Fr. Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983) addressed this topic…
My previous post, “A Visit From G..K. Chesterton“, raised the issue of what is often referred to as “the sacramental imagination.” Along with other poets and novelists associated with the sacramental imagination (one…
From Ravi Zacharias’ book Recapture the Wonder: Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions while never surrendering reason. It is a grasp on reality that does not need…
