So, is Milton of the Devil’s Party? In my last post, I explored my first impressions of Paradise Lost and the oddly attractive character of Satan. Many commenta...
It is with a certain sense of shame that I confess that until this summer I had never read Paradise Lost all the way through. I had eagerly read the excerpts as...
Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you pr...
(For my previous posts on China, see here and here)
While at the Shaolin Temple a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with a Buddhist monk about his...
The western part of China, including Henan Province, where I stayed for a week, is poor. Poor in America is one thing—back-road little towns in the Appalachians...
This past week I had the opportunity to visit the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, China, which is a Buddhist monastery. My time there was rich in thought-prov...
The first English class I took at Harvard covered the sweep of English literature from the beginnings of the language to 1660. The writer of Beowulf, Chaucer, S...
Recently, I’ve been away from my home church, and the options for Protestant churches to attend have been rather limited—in fact, there are only two readily ava...
I extend my sincere condolences to those of you who have never tasted the scintillating brilliance that is the prose of P.G. Wodehouse, and recommend that you g...
Solitude is a dangerous thing. Of course everyone needs significant time to be alone, to rest and think and pray. And of course some are called to a lifetime of...
