A dreadful confusion of forms has emerged. These forms no longer have roots in life and its essential content. We build theaters in the form of temples, banks in the form of cathedrals, apartment complexes in the form of palaces. Working days and Sundays merge into one another. —Guardini (1994),
The following first appeared on Public Square Magazine. If you were to learn about Latter-day Saint garments only from mainstream media coverage, you might assume that women experience them primarily as a burden: physically uncomfortable, medically suspect, sexually inhibiting, or symbolically oppressive. Some women do experience them that way, and
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
Prepare: Jesus’ disciples are familiar with fear. Throughout the gospel of John, we hear that Jesus’ followers are filled with fear, especially of the Jewish authorities. To proclaim Jesus as messiah is to face expulsion from the synagogue and separation from family and friends. Following Jesus comes with fear and
Scripture: Matthew 9:35–38 Devotion “When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.” – Hudson Taylor Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all the sickness and hurt in the world? Human trafficking, starvation, spiritual depravity, broken relationships, financial hardships… Do you ever just wish you could fix it? Matthew
There may not be a Christian revival, but Britain’s traditional churches aren’t doomed In the same week that a new archbishop of Canterbury was installed, YouGov admitted that a poll suggesting there was a “quiet revival” of Christianity was a dud. It had been inflated by fraudulent results and should
Overlooking the High Street, Oxford’s University Church of St Mary the Virgin boasts a porch which, for centuries, has welcomed worshipers through its doors. Completed in 1637, this Baroque South Porch symbolically extended the contact between Oxford’s ancient university Church with the city itself, further linking town and gown, the
My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow. As Passiontide kicks in and we look to Holy Week, in yet another time of war, I have been thinking how our culture tells stories about despair. The horror-fantasy TV show Stranger Things, which drew to a close recently after a decade-long stretch of