Imagining the Kingdom: N.T. Wright’s Inaugural University of St Andrews lecture
The lecture theatre was full to overflowing for Professor N.T. Wright’s inaugural lecture as a University of St Andrews Professor. Many people have asked whether a copy of the text is available or...
View ArticleBearing witness with words
I don’t usually post on Sundays, but given my commitment to NaBloPoMo, I thought I would share a passage which has challenge me anew this week. John 5: 30-47: 30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I...
View ArticleThe Severe Mercy of a Lump of Coal
Today is St Nicholas Day. I’m glad to welcome back Dr Rose Bexar, who has been a semi-regular contributor to Goannatree for the past couple of years. Here is a full list of her posts....
View ArticleWilliams on Christian Conversion and Herrick on gnosticism and Luke Skywalker
Today I want to share a couple of interviews. The first is with D. H. Williams, on the excluding character of Christian conversion and the second is with James A. Herrick on Mormonism, gnosticism, and...
View ArticleAdolescents, parenting, and music
Today I want to share a couple of interviews. The first is with Leon Kass, on how new technologies have changed the assumptions many people have about their children. The second is with Julian Johnson...
View ArticleJoseph Pearce on Myth, Lewis and Tolkien
I wanted to bring you some links today to a series of interviews with Joseph Pearce, from some talks he gave at the Southern Baptist theological Seminary. Joseph Pearce is the Writer-in-Residence at...
View ArticleSecular Religion in American, Western Culture, and the end of history:...
Today I want to share a couple of interviews. The first is with Terence Nichols on how and why religion has become so privatized in America, the second was Peter Augustine Lawler on “Bobos” and the...
View ArticleClassic literature, Charter schools, and the Banning of Books
I’ve been hearing some rumbling about the selection of book lists and library holdings at parent-led charter and Christian schools. What i’ve been hearing has given me pause and I’d like to offer some...
View ArticleWhy I don’t read “Christian woman” self-help books
I’ve read more of the “how can you be a godly Christian woman” in today’s world books than I care to admit. I acknowledged approaching this book with cynicism blooming. I admitted then that i’ve...
View ArticleSimplifying the Soul: Paula Huston
On one hand it is far from lent and so the timing of this review might seem odd, however, now is as good a time as any to share a resource in advance of next lent. ____________________ Huston, Paula....
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