Like any other life-sustaining resource, language can be depleted, polluted, contaminated, eroded, and filled with artificial stimulants. Like any other resource, it needs the protection of those who recognize its value and commit themselves to good stewardship. -- Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn Chandler McEntrye (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009), 1. A few weeks ago I shared a Celtic Christian prayer for our speech. I subsequently offered the prayer in a number of … [Read more...] about The High Calling of “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”
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Receiving from the Christian Devotional Classics: Thomas Merton & the Desert Fathers
No, I'm not creating a Dead Theologians Society Reading List, another version of The Best Christian Book of All Time March Madness, or even another book review/discussion series per se. Instead I'm in the process of completing the final exam for my summer class on Christian Devotional Classics (Evangelical Seminary). Really, a final exam? Yes, Laurie Mellinger, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation and Christian Theology, Dean of Academic Programs), has us wrap-up the roundtable presentation/discussion … [Read more...] about Receiving from the Christian Devotional Classics: Thomas Merton & the Desert Fathers