On Baptists in the Global South
Philip Jenkins has a fascinating article at the Christian Century on Christianity in the Global South. Christians living in the Global South are the largest demographic of every Protestant tradition, except for Baptists. Part of Jenkins’ explanation points to the…
On the Presence of the Past
“Some one said: ‘The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.’ Precisely, and they are that which we know.” -T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual
On Sacramental Solemnity and Awe
“God greatly requires [the sealing of the covenant], for in this public covenanting there is a Great Solemnity & awe of God upon the soul, but now in sealing there is this public covenanting. But where this is not, there…
On Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ and Marine Le Pen
In following up my post from Thursday, I want to briefly focus on ‘Imagine’ as a summary of the Baby-boomer, liberal establishment project. Lennon’s song represents the hope that all the characteristics that distinguish cultures and peoples, being divisive as…
On Living For Today and Serving Others (Or: Lennon v Dylan)
I have always hated the 1971 song ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. The song celebrates and longs for the elimination of the things that make us distinctly human. It does it under the guise of wanting to break down the dividing…
