Gleanings from Bonhoeffer on Confession

Nick NowalkFebruary 9, 2010

Good books should be reread throughout our lives for an assortment of reasons.  One particular consideration that ought to drive us into the cultivation of this...

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Another Note on the Road

Roshni PatelFebruary 5, 2010

You have to carry the fire. I don't know how to. Yes, you do. Is the fire real? The fire? Yes it is. Where is it? I don't know where it is. Yes you do. It's ins...

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Plato’s Beauty

Anne BoemlerFebruary 3, 2010

If there is a war between reason and imagination, the first volley was fired by Plato, who famously decreed that poets were to be thrown out of his ideal city. ...

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An Ethical Example: Responding to “On Not Being Narrow-Minded”

Jordan GandhiFebruary 2, 2010

After perusing the latest issue of the Ichthus, I had some reflections on Nick Nowalk's latest feature "On Not Being Narrow-Minded." Nick focuses heavily on the...

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The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (3): Filling Up What Is Lacking in the Afflictions of Christ

Nick NowalkFebruary 1, 2010

“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is th...

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Where Were We in Haiti?

J. Joseph PorterJanuary 29, 2010

I recently received an email from a friend with a simple question: Where was God in Haiti? I imagine this question (hardly a new one) has been on many mi...

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The Tragedy of Time

Anne BoemlerJanuary 28, 2010

“I am not Hermione Granger.” As the end of shopping period draws near, I suspect that most Harvard students share this sentiment. Unlike the girl from Harry ...

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The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (2): Jesus’ Veiled Coronation

Nick NowalkJanuary 27, 2010

Throughout the gospel of Matthew there exists a steadily mounting anticipation of Jesus’ coming enthronement as the king of Israel, in fulfillment of the prophe...

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St. Thomas Aquinas and the Heretics

Anne BoemlerJanuary 22, 2010

Recently I have been reading G.K. Chesterton’s excellent biography of St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Thomas’s chief task in life was to theologically battle the variou...

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The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (1): Led in Triumphal Procession

Nick NowalkJanuary 20, 2010

The earliest Christians who followed Jesus’ teachings and confessed him as Lord (over all!) were thoroughgoing imperialists.  All signs point unanimously to thi...

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