by Glenn Sunshine | Mar 24, 2025 | Culture, Culture & Society, Featured, Worldview
If you are not familiar with Eugene Terekhin’s substack, you should be. He publishes invariably interesting short articles daily. Last week, one in particular caught my eye. It posed the question, “why do nations rise and fall?” and used the archaeological site of...
by Glenn Sunshine | Mar 17, 2025 | Church History, Church Year, Featured, History
It is St. Patrick’s Day. I have been away for the last two weeks helping take care of a new grandchild and her sister, so I haven’t had much time to write. Instead, I’ll offer some links and a prayer associated with Patrick. A Few Links The first is a video I did a...
by Glenn Sunshine | Mar 10, 2025 | Church Year, Discipleship, Featured, Worship
In my previous post on Lent and the accompanying video, I focused on fasting and abstinence (“giving something up for Lent”) as central elements of the historical practices of the season. Another traditional practice is the use of the Seven Penitential Psalms in...
by Glenn Sunshine | Mar 3, 2025 | Church Year, Culture, Featured
Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is in two days. Lent is the period of preparation for Holy Week and especially the celebration of Easter, but traditionally, there was also a time of preparation for Lent. This preparation time in the western church actually goes back...
by Glenn Sunshine | Feb 24, 2025 | Apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Featured
I’ve been thinking a lot about apologetics lately, particularly in terms of the best approaches to use today. For a variety of reasons, I am not sure the traditional approaches based on reason, argumentation, and evidence are as effective as they used to be. In my...