The modern project has been animated, to a large extent, by a resentment of dependence—a revolt against the creaturely conditions and cultural constraints that have shaped and thereby limited our pursuits of self-fulfillment. This antipathy for dependence is not, of course, an exclusively modern phenomenon. Indeed, as the opening chapters of
The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. Cover image: Screenshot via 11Alive YouTube channel. Raging brush fires fueled by hurricane-force winds are devastating the state of Hawaii — with at least 36 people killed on the island of Maui and more than
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. The Saturday evening news is filled with bad news. Two mass stabbing In South Korea two weeks apart. Wildfires raging out of control on the island of Maui. 80% of the town of Lahaina destroyed. 89 people killed. Hundreds unaccounted for. At least two
Humor is a nearly impossible topic to write about, and I am perhaps the worst person to even attempt it. I am not a professional writer. I am a one-man communications team for a small university academic center, and my center’s particular mission does not involve regularly telling jokes. We
Cover image via Gospel Media Library. I am, to the view of anyone who has spent a Sunday or two visiting my ward, a very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I teach Relief Society. I comment frequently in Sunday School. Whenever a sign-up sheet
Centrists Describe Future UMC — By Thomas Lambrecht — The last two Perspectives (here and here) extrapolated what the future United Methodist Church might look like on the basis of a foundational article from Mainstream UMC (a centrist advocacy group within The United Methodist Church). A new Mainstream article this
“Real Church” Michael Adam Beck, coauthor of Fresh Expressions of the Rural Church, explains how the faith communities formed using the Fresh expressions approach can connect with people that the conventional church cannot. The formation of micro-churches meeting in non-traditional venues is a possible option for Anglicans and Methodists who
For a number of years during high school and college, I worked in theater, and as a college student, I wanted to be a director. I spent many hours watching rehearsals and found that one can tell—surprisingly quickly—when an actor has rightly understood her character. There is a kind of