Nov 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the ongoing, too often overheated, discussion of Christian universalism, here are some notes that might be helpful, especially in avoiding unnecessary runs down the garden path. Universalism does not discount the possibility of hell — just its co-eternity...
Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Baby Hitler, Time Travel, and Retributive Justice(excerpt from Jason Clark, Leaving and Finding Jesus The other day, at a party, I played the time-travel game with friends, which eventually became an in-depth conversation about justice, as all time-travel games do....
Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Andrew T.J. Kaethler, The Eschatological Person: Alexander Schmemann and Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue (Cascade Books, Veritas Series, 2022) There is a tendency within the Orthodox clan to uncritically genuflect to the life and writings of Alexander Schmemann. There...
Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Photo: Martin Naumann Reflections on the 33rd Anniversary of the Peace Prayers in Leipzig, October 9, 1989 The cold war suddenly and nonviolently ended, and the end of history was proclaimed as the triumph of democracy and freedom. Yet today there is a hot war in...
Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
“So where do you lie on the political spectrum?” “I’m inclined to rest somewhere beyond it: a birds eye view, in search of truth up a tree, I typically sit… Ironically this feels much more like a place of common ground there’s...
Sep 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
In first century Judea, most people thought they knew what was needed to make Israel great again: a strong Messiah who would rise up against Israel’s enemies, within and without, and rule the world with peace and justice from Jerusalem. That Jesus initially seemed...
