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Twelve Days: The Fear of the Lord

January 2, 2021

Coming out of a year as scary as 2020, fear doesn’t sound all that Christmasy. After all, one of the great canticles of Advent celebrates that Christ’s coming fulfills God’s promise that “we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days” (Luke … More Twelve Days: The Fear of the Lord

Poster for the film Won't You Be My Neighbor

The Gentle Power of Mr. Rogers

July 5, 2018

This 4th of July, I needed to be reminded of what America can be at its best. So I watched the new documentary on Fred Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? It’s a surprisingly terrific film: creative, inspiring, moving, surprising, and thought-provoking. Perhaps most refreshingly, it doesn’t shy away from the role of Christianity in the life … More The Gentle Power of Mr. Rogers

The Pietist Schoolman

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Twelve Days: The Fear of the Lord

The Gentle Power of Mr. Rogers