Nov 4, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Howard Cook, Exodus, 1946, etching and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1980.18.31 The political left has agendas with the Central American caravan. The political right has agendas with the Central American caravan. Walking with...
Nov 3, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
The moment you realize that Jesus' incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension are not just about saving YOUR everlasting soul but about saving the one human nature shared by all who bear flesh, about renewing the good Creation.The moment you realize...
Oct 1, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Americans (like every other civilization) want a pound of flesh from someone to atone for what’s wrong with us all. We might not agree on who to crucify but a crucifixion is what we desire. René Girard was—is—right.There’s a difference between self-sacrifice and...
Sep 11, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
One of my all-time favorite after-church conversations: A seven-year-old visitor to Holy Redeemer, a young black man: “When I die I am dead. I stay dead. It will be dark forever and I’ll be bored and alone.” Me: “Everyone dies. We agree on that.” <I pause, waiting...
Aug 31, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Jesus is in humanity’s corner. He is on our side against all dark angelic envy. He stands with us even against humanity’s strange contempt for itself, the odd and en vogue way we run our species down, even our unspoken hatred of ourselves. Of all the exquisite and...
Aug 30, 2018 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Athanasius tells us that the crucified savior is the one who creates the cosmos. He says that the divine and human person who ascends the cross is the Word who in the beginning speaks all things into existence. Christ is begotten of the Father from eternity and...
