“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The story of the saint
For St. Patrick’s Day, you should listen to this wonderful episode of Circe Institute’s The Commons with Dr. Jonathan Rogers who wrote a book about Patrick. Some thoughts: Dr. Rogers sounds so much like my brother — both his voice and his speech patterns — that it kind of freaked me out. I was tempted to […]
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: The First Martyr
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church, and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As the […]
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: Father of the English Bible
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church, and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As the […]
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: Thomas More
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As the […]
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: The Unnamed Martyr
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As the […]
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: The Apostle Thomas
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As […]
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The Great Cloud of Witnesses: Polycarp
For more on my Lenten Focus, see my Ash Wednesday post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church, and I invite you to join me. For Sundays during Lent, I thought I’d look at some of the examples of the faith from Church history. As […]
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Santa! NO!
Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas, and I learned something new. St. Nick wasn’t just a kindly pastor who gave money to the needy; he also punched heretics. The basics are this: Nicholas was a contemporary of Arian, and at the ecumenical council called to sort out the Arian controversy (and eventually we got the […]
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Citizen of heaven
Author, scholar, and lawyer, Thomas More died this day in 1535 in an end common to many who displeased Henry VIII: he lost his head. The former Lord Chancellor had disapproved Henry’s annulment to Catherine of Aragon, was absent from Ann Boleyn’s coronation, and finally refused to sign the Acts of Succession. As a Protestant, […]
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Celebrating Reformation Day
Today is Halloween, AKA All Hallow’s Eve, AKA give me some candy! It’s also Reformation Day. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, in a theological challenge. The rest is church history. But what is a Protestant person to do if they want […]
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