Witnessing Martyrdom
by Hans BoersmaWe need to relearn the joy of suffering in Christ and prepare for martyrdom. Continue Reading »
American Pilgrimage
by Stefan McDanielWe began just after daybreak. One by one, the brigades filed out of the parking lot, each singing a different hymn. Turning away from the water, the lengthening line of pilgrims snaked up the hill toward a colossal statue of St. Isaac Jogues. This St. Isaac was not the bashful youth of prayer cards. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Hidden Life: The Story of a Marriage
by Nathaniel PetersTerrence Malick’s A Hidden Life tells the story of Austrian martyr Franz Jägerstätter and his wife Fani, who suffer as one body even when they are apart. Continue Reading »
God's Garbage People
by Matthew SchmitzAs the sun comes up, the men go out from Garbage City and into the streets of Cairo. Some walk alone, carrying empty plastic sacks over their shoulders. Some drive trucks whose bare beds will soon be piled high with waste. Others are already returning with the trash they collected overnight. They . . . . Continue Reading »
Creation, Redemption, Martyrdom: A Lenten Reflection
by George WeigelGod creates and redeems the world so that God’s holiness might be shared by a people empowered by grace to live holy lives. Continue Reading »
Baptism of Blood
by Martin MosebachIt is a scrupulously made short film, shot with several cameras in 2015. Arabic letters dance atop a black background, as if afloat on a whirling current of water, finally coming together and forming a droplet of closely intertwined characters. In Arabic calligraphy—one of Islam’s most . . . . Continue Reading »
China's Future in the Balance
by Peter J. LeithartEarly Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu is being persecuted because the church refuses to register with the state or join the officially sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Continue Reading »
A Plenteous Seed of Witnesses
by Mathew BlockConfessional Lutheranism has experienced a renaissance in the past few years. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousPeter Hitchens is invariably witty and provocative. His recent essay (“Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten,” June/July) is no exception. Although diverting, it errs in at least one crucial respect: its assertion that the “judicial murders of Thomas More and John Fisher were political in origin, . . . . Continue Reading »
You Are Peter
by Dan HitchensThe papacy does not depend on the qualities of the men who take office. Continue Reading »
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