Gospels

God Gets into Our Boat

by Hans Boersma

Where does one turn when the devil’s mouth gapes open, and evil is ready to claim us for its own? Continue Reading »

5 Aug 2024

What I Would Put in a 2023 Time Capsule

by John Wilson

Even the “mundane” happenings of a single day exceed our grasp, let alone the span of a lifetime. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2023

The Meaning of a Kiss

by Hans Boersma

Judas’s kiss was deeply painful, for his kiss was a betrayal, not just of a symbol, not just of a friend, but of the Kiss himself. Judas used a kiss to betray his Kiss. Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2022

Why We Walk

by Timothy Jacobson

Neither Lewis nor our Lord, along their respective damp and dusty ways, hiked. They walked. Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2022

In the weakness of the fast, we confess the Passion of God is stronger than all human action. In Lenten silence, we affirm the confidence of the silent Savior, assured that God will finish all his words. Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2022

Bishop Barron on the Power of the Eucharist

by Mark Bauerlein

Bishop Robert Barron joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Eucharist, and the Word On Fire bookstore. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2022

The Gospel According to Kanye

by Liel Leibovitz

If you don’t pay too much attention to pop culture, you may be forgiven for thinking that the story of the past fifty years in American entertainment goes something like this: Once upon a time, our arts were a verdant and unspoiled Eden. On TV, father knew best. On the radio, Gene Autry rested . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Three Epigrams from Richard Crashaw, Epigrammata Sacra

by John Talbot

Phariseus et publicanus. Luc xviii. 14–19 En duo templum adeunt, diversis mentibus ambo. Ille procul trepido lumnie signat humum.It gravis hic, et in alta ferox petetralia tendit. Plus habet . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020