I try to keep in touch weekly with the news from back where I call home: Detroit. The other day, while checking the news online, I saw an article about the for...
"I am reminded of a story I heard years ago in Germany when Walter Ulbricht, the German Communist leader, was head of the German Democratic Republic. It was sa...
The Rule of Benedict can seem very alien to us twenty-first-century Christians. It is probably the most famous set of guidelines for the founding of monasteries...
New York Religions - New York is a place of forgiveness - a Bishop in New York City speaks up about the mosque issue.
Christianity Today - Hipster Faith - Br...
A few days ago I happened to read one of the original versions of Beauty and the Beast. I love fairy tales, especially when they haven’t been chopped up and mad...
Last week, I wrote about some of the principles behind "congregation exploration," so this week, I figured I'd give some tips on what to put in your backpack, h...
It's been nine years since September 11th, 2001. I have never seen the World Trade Center. By the time I got to America, they were gone. I'm leaving New York to...
Earlier this summer, I forwarded to the Harvard Ichthus email list this spectacularly helpful quote that I had stumbled upon from Augustine:
“Usually, even a n...
I realize, new freshmen, that you have been getting quite a spate of good advice from the Fishtank these past few weeks, and that it may be getting quite odious...
Considering how many Christian freshmen are on campus, I thought it would be useful to write a series of posts on a subject that has been weighing very heavily ...