I’m back from the Grand Tetons, which is my favorite place on earth. Here are a few photos. More soon on my Facebook page.Whilst I was gone, I was unable to post (except about the ESCR ruling from the Denver Airport), or personally monitor the comments, a few of which—you . . . . Continue Reading »
In the midst of his peripatetic activities, my friend Gideon Strauss has managed to come up with another thoughtful post for the Center for Public Justice’s Capital Commentary series: Becoming an American.This decision [to pursue US citizenship] raises big questions for me: What does it mean . . . . Continue Reading »
1. An “Interview” with the Apostle Paul on the Law, Life, and Death °°°°°° 2. “The Pope Is Not a Pedicurist” From Judge Kleinfeld’s concurrence in the judgment in Spencer v. World Vision : The core of Judge Berzon’s dissent is the idea that . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a shock: Ecumenical leader tells Pentecostals: ‘We need each other’ . It’s undoubtedly a good thing that the world’s Pentecostals invited a leader of the world’s liberal Protestants to speak to them, and that he came. With a secularizing West and an . . . . Continue Reading »
I have lain on the floor under the power of God . . . at least, I must say to my skeptical reader, it seemed so to me. At some points in my life, it felt as if God came and took power over every faculty and left me weak, utterly powerless, before His glory.When praying for Pentecost, sometimes we . . . . Continue Reading »
(Apologies for cross-posting from my home blog, Scriptorium Daily. I thought the passing of Bloesch ought to be noted over here for the audience at First Things’ Evangel blog as well.)Donald Bloesch, evangelical theologian, died this week. He was a unique figure in twentieth-century theology, . . . . Continue Reading »
A number of friends have pushed and probed, wondering if I’m not being overly simplistic when I say that Islam is largely irrelevant to the future of America. First of all, I am being overly simplistic. Islam and America—these are extraordinarily complex cultural realities. When I wrote . . . . Continue Reading »
Rusty Reno asked me why we can’t build like Ralph Adams Cram envisioned. The answer to that question, I think, is the architectural equivalent to what Reno himself said about education: “Fearful of living in dreams and falling under the sway of ideologies, we have committed ourselves to . . . . Continue Reading »
“The liturgy by grace changes lives,” writes Father George Rutler in today’s second “On the Square” offering, The Liturgical Experts’ Long Tassels , commenting on the recent final approval of the new translation of the Catholic liturgy. But there are limits to . . . . Continue Reading »
People are taking Ayn Rand seriously—as a guide to who we are and what we’re supposed to do—again. But she has to be the worst self-help guide ever. As this pithy but deep analysis shows, she’s all about self-deceptive and self-destructive liberation from who we are by . . . . Continue Reading »
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