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Life After Doom – by Brian D. McLaren – A Review

Not too long ago, I was caught up in a political discussion on social media—something typically avoided by people wiser than me—and I found myself going back and forth about global warming with someone whose views are to the left of mine. Neither of us was winning the...

Spiritual Politics

Our culture has long been wrestling over the idea of separation of church and state, but few seem to recognize the existence of what Carl Teichrib terms “Spiritual Politics” in chapter 12 of his book, Game of Gods. Spiritual Politics is often on public display in the...

Ruth Haley Barton & Contemplative Corruption — Part 2

In this second installment of a two-part series, we continue looking at two of Ruth Haley Barton’s books, Invitation to Silence and Solitude (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Books; 2nd ed, 2010) and Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual...

Ruth Haley Barton & Contemplative Corruption — Part 1

In this first installment of a two-part series, we will look at two of Ruth Haley Barton’s books, Invitation to Silence and Solitude (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Books; 2nd ed, 2010) and Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation...

An Indistinct Sound

(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the Apostle Paul drew a word picture for the Corinthian believers when he wrote: “For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” This passage...