Category Archives: beauty

Fairy Dust

It was the writer Arthur C. Clarke who posited this law- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I disagree. The technology need not be advanced at all. The truth is that the sole reason we don’t see the … Continue reading

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Isn’t God just concerned with our hearts?

First, God is deeply concerned about our hearts. We often seem to think that only our thoughts and actions matter and our feelings are out of our control. Orthodoxy, right doctrine, matters. Orthopraxy, right behavior, matters. Orthopathos, right feeling, matters. … Continue reading

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Proverbs 31; Wagging the Dog, 70s Baseball and Headcoverings

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Saint Patrick’s Breastplate- A Prayer for Every Day

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Remembering Eternity

Though they don’t feel like such when we are in the midst of them, light and momentary, Paul tells us, are our afflictions, not worthy to be compared to the eternal weight of glory (II Corinthians 4:17). CS Lewis captured … Continue reading

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God With Us

For many years I wrote a monthly column for Tabletalk magazine titled “Coram Deo.” That little Latin phrase meant a great deal to Martin Luther, who in turn means a great deal to me. It means “Before the face of … Continue reading

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Sacred Marriage; My Valentine; Preaching Against the State

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Nothing New Under the Sun

It’s Groundhog Day again. For some today elicits memories of waiting to hear the long-term forecast delivered by a rodent in central Pennsylvania. For others it brings back memories of the Sisyphus-ian hardship of Bill Murray, reliving the day over … Continue reading

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Addicted to Mediocrity

There are two raging rivers, culturally speaking, that converge to form the lazy river of mediocrity. First, we do not know the excellent. Goodness, truth and beauty, as the great triad of virtues, are so much more demanding, not simply … Continue reading

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For All the Saints

Unity matters. However, so does diversity. Indeed, unity and diversity unite in the very nature of God. God is three persons united in one essence. The world around us fails to see how God’s creation reflects the Trinity, and the … Continue reading

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