The Catholic socialist Dorothy Day was a fan of Italian (also Catholic, to an extent) writer Iganzio Silone. She wrote about meeting Silone as part of January 1, 1968 piece in The Catholic Worker: In wrestling with the problem of […]
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Redemptive Art Meets Redemptive Reading: A Conversation
The good, true, and beautiful are here before us—if we have eyes to see
God of Destruction
When you see an Antichrist climbing toward heaven, look out. Then look in.
REVIEW: A Focused Gaze on Words
Suspicion of a text is easy. Trusting is hard.
Is College Really Worth It?
For those wary of macro-debt, a micro-college may be the way to go
Ideas in progress: Dixie Dillon Lane on parenting, homeschooling, and writing while juggling
You are a historian and a homeschool mom of four. What does a “typical” day look like for you? I roll through my day like a boulder careening down an unpredictable hill. I place a lot of structure on my […]
MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau says that anti-Trumpers in both political parties will start dying “sudden deaths” next month
Some of you will note that I included this story in yesterday’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought it was worth a separate post. Here is Wallnau, the Charismatic, MAGA, Christian Nationalist, Seven Mountain “prophet”: Watch the entire video here: As […]
What I am reading: lessons on marriage from Janice Holt Giles
Marriage roles are hotly contested in our society. Wrapped up as they are not just in the deeply important work of the family but also in debates over conceptions of biological sex itself, these roles are difficult to define. Efforts […]
Caledonia
Is anything more necessary than music that tells us who we are?
LONG FORM: The Carrot, the Onion, and the Pomegranate
This food is adequate to our need
What is popular this week at Current?
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Memento Mori
Living grace lingers—for now
The fragmentation of evangelical politics
This week I traveled to Wheaton College to deliver a lecture titled “The Fragmentation of Evangelical Politics: What Happened – and How Can We Pick up the Pieces?” Here’s a brief excerpt from my presentation. Evangelicals are divided in their […]
What is going at Valparaiso University?
The president of the Lutheran university in Indiana wants to sell a Georgia O’Keefe painting to pay for the renovation of two dormitories. The story caught the attention of New York Times reporter Kalia Richardson. Here is a taste of […]
Marginalia Matters
Books open up our lives—to ourselves, and to one another
The Legacy of The Jesus Revolution
What has Chuck Smith’s and Lonnie Frisbee’s hippie revival wrought?
Evangelical roundup for March 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals around the world are praying for Ukraine. Evangelicals and rumspringa. Russian evangelicals and the war in Ukraine. Why Tim Keller avoids the culture wars. How should evangelicals engage Haiti? The Asbury Revival and […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:05PM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Christian influencer Alisa Childers: More from Samford University. And here: Krystle, a Pennsylvania resident, with a testimony: I hesitate to try and encapsulate […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:58AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury University president Kevin Brown announces the new schedule change: Asbury University’s director of communication: The local NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky published […]
The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]