Look to the lowly (and loud)
cicada for encouragement.
Haven't we all felt buried?
Yet a new life was coming.
Viewing entries in
ENCOUNTER.UNDERSTAND.EMBODY
A reflection on Reformation
poetry and its glimpse into
the death found in faith,
and the life given through
grace.
Jackson Greer ponders on why
Chesterton claims “Beauty and
the Beast” shows that to be
lovable, one must first be loved.
You’re too busy, too tired, and too distracted. But that doesn’t need to be the end of the story.
Read a review on Robert Farrar Capon’s The Supper of the Lamb and pair it with a Sweet Martini (recipe included).
Read a review on Francis Schaeffer’s Art and the Bible nd pair it with a homemade hot cocoa (recipe included)!
Louisiana-born Caroline Williams has a recipe for slowing down to savor the beauty of in-between
What to read? What to sip while reading? Annie Nardone answers both questions in this piece on how to pair books and beverages.
Read a review on Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking on Water and pair it with a proper pot of tea (recipe included)!
Amy Lee shares the story of the impact of the Guild on the lives around her.
A threefold theology of how to fix our relationship with material reality.
Paintings, sculptures, and murals once pointed to godliness, says scholar John Skillen. Could it happen again?
By sacrificing his life, what can the “Boy Who Lived” teach us about mastering death?
For creative Christians, art
embodies worship. But how
do they make that work
when life blocks creativity?
All earthly Christmases
disappoint us, but hiver,
the Eve of Everything,
can sweeten the bitterness
of winter with fresh hope.
A behind-the-scenes look at what we do and why.
Everything changed when
Matthew realized Jesus
still loved him.
How Tolkien asks us to wrestle with our own natures and short-sighted preferences of justice.
How is heaven is working like leaven through our imaginations to heal reality?
Rediscovering the
full range of emotions
in Christian music