by Glenn Sunshine | Jan 27, 2025 | Bible & Theology, Church History, Featured
This year is the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which met to settle the Arian controversy. These days, the Council itself seems to be best remembered for the probably apocryphal story of St. Nicholas of Myra slapping Arius, though the Nicene Creed that...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jan 20, 2025 | Book Reviews, Culture, Featured, J.R.R. Tolkien
I have been a Tolkien fan since I first read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 1976 just before heading to college. I reread them every break for the next few years and bought every book by or about Tolkien I could find, including The Silmarillion when it first...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jan 13, 2025 | Church History, Featured, Historical Tours
This summer, I will be leading a historical tour of Ireland. The tour, which will include both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, will hit a lot of history, from an Iron Age ring fort to walking tours of Dublin, Belfast, and Derry touching on recent history...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jan 6, 2025 | Bible & Theology, Church Year, Featured, Video
Today is Epiphany, the day the Western churches celebrate the coming of the Magi to Bethlehem and the Eastern churches commemorate Christ’s baptism. The word epiphany means a revelation. For the Western churches, the epiphany is the revelation of Christ to the...
by Glenn Sunshine | Dec 30, 2024 | Church History, Church Year, Featured, History, Worship
In American culture, we think of the Christmas season as the time leading up to Christmas. Christmas celebrations frequently last only a few days, and then we take down the tree and get ready to celebrate the New Year. Or we think about Christmas as lasting until New...
