While I've been waiting for a copy of Cox's book to read, Father Stephen has posted an excerpt from Richard Wurmbrand’s With God in Solitary Confinement.
Jesus Himself thought unsystematically on the cross. He began with forgiveness; He spoke of a paradise in which even a robber had a place; then he despaired that perhaps there might be no place in ( Read more... )

(As posted on my regular weblog)

My friend Jim has a couple of good posts on listening to people from the “ex-ex-gay” movement ( Read more... )

Last night, our library showed Ostrov - a popular movie in Russia that did well at Sundance. When I first heard about this movie (I've forgotten where, now), I knew I wanted to see it. dvfmama didn't know I wanted to see it, but when she saw the description at the library, she knew I would be interested ( Read more... )

It is only my imaginary relationship with Christ (if the Church is invisible it is little more than imaginary). It is the visible character of the Church, and the possibility of boundary (everything visible has some boundary) that creates the “problem ( Read more... )