In conclusion, Street Cat is a fantastic debut EP and promises only good things for Meg Kirsch’s musical future. It’s the slow burn album that you can instantly restart upon completion.
Rejoice when Reviled
Individuals preaching a pure gospel with false reasons, whether for selfish ambition or as part of an attack upon us, should be be disassociated with unto their shame. Not because they are enemies, but precisely because they are our brethren. We are to leave them to God in their lack of maturity as they serve Christ for it brings disunity to the church to highlight their immaturity beyond an initial rebuke.
Precarious Love : The Costs of Agency in Regency Literature
Brontë introduced England to a quietly subversive notion—women are human and deserve the same respect and regard as their male counterparts.
this is my body
Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist become part of mine. And I am part of Christ's body, the church, which we know triumphs in the end, no matter how our individual bodies decay and die. We need each other, we need all our parts, we need connection.
reading "Writing Poems in the Shadow of Death" in Lent
Like Lent, this hurts, and I don't love it. I've written before about being sacrificed alive: sanctification sucks. But fleeing it, fleeing the pain of being made holy lands you a life you don't actually want, a kind of living death. Aaron was, at least when I knew him, facing up squarely to life. I hope his writing helps you do the same.
Music Review: White Noise B-Sides
What a time to be alive, when Noah Gundersen has like 5 projects going on at once, and you never know when you're going to get one!
Vignettes - Peter's Four Month Journey
Sleep now little baby, adventure and mayhem and siblings (with closets full of tempting footwear) await.
Dear Lutheranism
The opportunity to share our sound confessional principles with the American church, comfort those in our pews, and reject unbiblical notions which directly support social oppression cannot go unanswered. I pray that once again Lutherans will be willing to stand up for the Biblical principles they confess.
Remembering the Beers We Left Behind
Of course, Flagship February doesn’t have to be anything like this; it can also simply be about enjoying good beers we’ve forgotten about. Either way, drink independent beer and, when possible, support local business.
the year of Gundersen
It was the Year of Gundersen, a sort of black hole, but an enjoyable one. It was not an easy year for me: I needed company and constance, and found both in his music, which went with me everywhere. You could get into figuring out whether it's serotonin or dopamine or some other kind of chemical response, but I don't even care: it helped.
Announcing "Writing Poems in the Shadow of Death"
Nothing better could encapsulate our attempt to preserve the genius, humanity, and uniqueness of Aaron Everingham. We hope you enjoy this collection.
Advent: The Season of Hope In Pain
Advent means a lot more when you are in pain and waiting for deliverance precisely because that is Advent. It is waiting to be delivered with the complete hope and assurance that deliverance is coming.
Blind Party Loyalty
Being a pawn is not my specialty and I have no choice but to refuse the blind loyalty of the democratic party just to have kind words said to me and no action done to fulfill the promises.
Book Review: Middle Knowledge
What John Laing has provided is a porous evangelical, Baptist-traditionalist/Arminian-leaning systematic theology with middle knowledge at the center of every doctrine. However, Middle Knowledge: Human Freedom in Divine Sovereignty is neither ordered for a systematic theology nor in possession of the clarity of conclusion for a primer on its variant of Molinism.
Book Review: The Sirens of Titan
It was captivating and satisfying from start to finish. How one could not enjoy Vonnegut is beyond me.
Book Review: Native Son
Good literature asks hard questions and while I don’t anticipate being in complete agreement with Richard Wright, I can’t plug my ears to this challenging book.
Book Review: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Neither a page turner or resounding classic, Uncle Tom's Cabin remains necessary canon to combat increasingly ahistorical American discussion.
Why Exclude Us?
I pray that these events will lead to dialogue between various minority ministries to work closer together and that people who do read and sign the new creed will get involved in real life in reconciliation ministries.
A Heroic King
Before we dismiss Martin Luther King’s heroic bravery, we should ask where—really—the faithful people were located? Behind a pulpit speaking words or in the marches living out their words?