In The River of the Immaculate Conception, James Matthew Wilson confirms his vocation as a public poet. Commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute, this poem sequence of seven parts leads us through the lives of St. Juan Diego, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Père Marquette, with interludes on . . . . Continue Reading »
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This Present Darkness by frank e. peretti crossway, 375 pages, $14.99 As a teenager, I was convinced that a spirit of false prophecy had attached itself to my neck. This spirit’s name—according to one of our youth group leaders—was Python, after the Pythia, or Oracle of Delphi. I did . . . . Continue Reading »
Joshua Harris has officially denounced and discontinued publication of his bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Continue Reading »
For Augustine, love is the most basic appetite of the soul. Continue Reading »
Reading Ink, I was taken back to the churches I attended in Pomona, California in the 1950s. Continue Reading »
Evangelical leaders are distancing themselves from the nationalist rhetoric that was near the heart of the older religious right. Continue Reading »
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