Advent is my favorite season of the church year. It makes me feel connected to the past in ways that other times of the year do not. As a historian...
Medieval Advent and Christmas Traditions
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The Meaning in Cathedrals
When I got the news about the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris back in 2019, I felt much the same way I did on 9/11. I lived for a time in...
Waiting on the Word
I never really understood poetry. My English classes in elementary school and high school covered it a bit, and I had a year of courses on epic...
A Pugcast Pilgrimage: Lewis, Oxford, and Our Postmodern Age
Follow C.R. Wiley, Glenn Sunshine, and Dr. Thomas Price as they travel to the home turf of Lewis, Tolkien, and the Inklings. The Pugcast crew...
Raven Son: Epic Fantasy meets Russian Folklore
It’s generally considered bad form to write a review of a book you haven’t finished. It’s even worse form to review a book you’ve only just started....
A Good Friday Poem
For Good Friday, I am sharing a poem written by my daughter, Elizabeth Sunshine Koroma. It's my favorite Good Friday poem and I think it is...
The Story of the Celtic Cross
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'm reposting an article on the Celtic Cross that I wrote years ago that is no...
Best of Breakpoint: What Music Is For in Corporate Worship
Today, January 13, we remember the Hussites who, on this day in 1501, published the first hymnal in history written in the language of the common...
Biblical Theology and the Arts: Music and the Bible
Music is, or should be, a vital part of the Christian life. I suspect most Christians have never considered how big a role music plays in...
Biblical Theology and the Arts: Visual Arts and the Bible
Pop Quiz: Who is the first person that Scripture tells us was filled with the Spirit? (The answer appears below.) A Trip to the Museum ...
Gratuitous Beauty
The picture attached to this post is of a sunset taken through a frozen waterfall in Michigan by Jake Trost (www.jaketrostphoto.com). It is as...
Good Friday
The Weeping Sky The icy, grasping hands of fog Grip every barren, gnarled tree. Their shadows in a stagnant pool Like iron bars encompass me The fog...
The Benedict Option
Much has already been written about Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option, a great deal of which reflects the preconceptions of the reviewers more than...
New book on the Image of God now available!
My latest book, entitled The Image of God, is now available in print and in e-book form. The easiest place to find it in print is probably on...
Portals: Entering Your Neighbor’s World is now available
Portals: Entering Your Neighbor's World is now available at Amazon both paperback and for Kindle, and at Smashwords for other e-book formats. Check...