Post Tagged 'Sacrament'

May 23, 2019

Unseen wonders: Man’s creative power and the sacramentality of nature

When I lived in Rome I taught a religious education class for a year, preparing kids for their first Communion. When they found out I was American, some of them were confused as to why I would come all the way across the Atlantic to study in Italy. Continue Reading...

April 20, 2012

Sergius Bulgakov’s “Religious Materialism” and Spiritual Hope

Yesterday in First Things’ daily “On the Square” column, Matthew Cantirino highlighted Sergius Bulgakov’s theology of relics, recently translated by Boris Jakim. Cantirino writes, Even today, it must be admitted, the subject of relics is an often-overlooked one in theology, and especially in popular apologetics. Continue Reading...

January 11, 2012

Ministries of Common and Special Grace

Should the President of the United States be seen as theologian-in-chief? That might be one way to understand Bryan Fischer’s claim that “we are in fact choosing a minister when we select a president.” Continue Reading...

February 17, 2011

Local Churches and the ‘Halo Effect’

RealClearReligion has become a starting point for my day, and I’m honored to have this week’s commentary linked in today’s morning edition, “Local Churches Hard Hit as Recession Spreads.” The link posted just below mine from CNN’s Belief Blog highlights problems facing a local congregation, “Atlanta church faces eviction.” Continue Reading...