Of Crushed Angels and Single-Stringed Ouds by Karin Dart

 Back in the late nineties I remember sitting at a table outside in our back yard pouring over two programs of study leading to two different Masters degrees. One was the counseling degree being offered at Trinity Western and the other, the Christian Studies...

“Justice” by George MacDonald

From George MacDonald's Unspoken Sermons Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.–PSALM lxii. 12. Some of the translators make it kindness and goodness; but I presume there is no real difference among...

Am I Missing Something by Joe Beach

'Christian' Militia in the NewsThis morning, I read about the arrest in Michigan of eight "patriotic Christians" who had plotted to bomb a funeral service of a policeman. On the same day, I received another email about the "pray for Obama"...

Merton and Chrysostom from Ben Eisner

Friends. This morning, while reading Merton's Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, I came across something that took the wind out of my sails (that’s a good thing).  I instantly thought of Jesus' call to be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves....