Developing discernment, defending discipleshiphttp://www.ransomfellowship.org/publication-rss.asp" http://www.ransomfellowship.org/publication-rss.asp 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z StillWinter2012NotesfromToadHallforMargie.pdf166 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z He walked into the bedroom late one night and asked why there was water under the lid of the flip-top toothpaste container. When he opened it a bunch had spilled out. Welll. I remember thinking for a second: Margie, you need to lie here. Because you love him. But I couldn’t think fast enough. I told the truth....]]> Critique1-2012.pdf167 2012-02-22T00:00:00ZFrom the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue
Poetry (Scott Schuleit)
Discerning Life (Denis Haack)
Can we, will we redeem the vampire? (Denis Haack)
Phlox: A flower by any other name (Denis Haack)
Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia traps the soul (Denis Haack)
]]> critique2011-6.pdf164 2011-12-14T00:00:00ZFrom the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue
The Imperfectionists: Lives Barely Connected, Unwinding (Denis Haack)
Resource: A Deadly Clash, an Unfinished Story (Denis Haack)
When Musicians Raise Questions About Faith (Justin Sembler)
Misunderstanding: On Being Misunderstood (Denis Haack)
A New Dostoevsky: A World of Wicked Self-Interest (Denis Haack)
Islam: Christians Seeking Understanding (Denis Haack)
Internalizing the Scriptures (Denis Haack)]]> Notes20114SnowmanintheBasementpdf-1.pdf163 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z critique2011-5.pdf162 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Readers Respond
The Conspirator: Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and...the rule of law? (Greg Grooms)
True Grit (Drew Trotter)
Sex Points the way: Friends With Benefits and the nature of reality (John Seel)
God, Jehovah, Allah: An Exercise in discernment (Denis Haack)
The Cross and the Wide World (Preston Jones)
]]> critique2011-4PDF.pdf146 2011-10-07T00:00:00ZOn Keeping On (Denis Haack)
Dialogue
Reading the World: Media Bias and Nurturing Wisdom (Timothy Padgett)
Resources: Ordinary Men: Paul Rusesabagina and Adolph Eichmann (Preston Jones)
Tuned In: At the Dimming of the Day (Denis Haack)
Darkened Room: A Picture in Need of Words (Greg Grooms)
Darkened Room: Raw Beauty, Seeking Grace (Denis Haack)]]> NFTH32011PDF.pdf144 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z critique2011-3.pdf141 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Readers Respond
Leaving All, Gaining All (Wesley Hill)
Being Serious About Play (Luke Brad Bobo)
Discerning Life: Accountability (Denis Haack)
Darkened Room: The Social Network (Greg Grooms)
]]> Toad20112NeedyforSpringpdf-1.pdf138 2011-06-06T00:00:00ZNeedy for Spring
In March my husband complained that I frown on eating donuts. Well. He knows he is guilty for even thinking about what he himself describes as the minimum amount of flour required to hold sugar and fat together. He craves them and has been quite foxy about getting them so now I can’t trust him to be alone. When we traveled to Chicago at the end of March and stopped at a gas emporium, I was coming out of the restroom, wending my way past aisles of manufactured cheese bits when I bumped into DENIS, who was stuffing a raised glazed into his mouth. ]]> critique2011-2Web.pdf139 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z From the Editor: Trust and Feeling Safe (Denis Haack)
Dialogue: Readers Respond
Poetry: Fireflies and Dust (Scott Schuleit)
Reflections: Hindrances to Communication (Denis Haack)
Darkened Room: Winter's Bone Review (Drew Trotter), The King's Speech Review (Greg Grooms) and Love is a Cry for Help (Wesley Hill)
Resource: Book Reviews
]]> Critique1-2011.pdf140 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z Note from the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue: Readers Respond
Tumed In: Listening to Critics: Mole in a Hole (Denis Haack) Resource: Calvin and Culture (Denis Haack) Darkened Room: Losing Memory, Losing Oneself Reading the Word: Calvin on Offense (Denis Haack) Resource: Book and Music Reviews (Denis Haack) Discerning Life: Loving People (Denis Haack)]]> Feb2011NotesfromToadHallforwebsite.pdf134 2011-03-01T00:00:00ZSkirting the Fleece
“White as snow,” I understand. We have a lot of it right now, you probably do, too. All I need to do is look out the window. But to sharpen the analogy, in case we don’t get snow, God mentions wool for us to consider. “…though your sins are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Did you know crimson and scarlet are color-fast dyes? You can’t change your mind once they get into a fiber. They are indelible. When wool is first sheared from a sheep it is not a brilliant shade of white or even cream, so I needed help to enrich this analogy.]]> notes_2010_04_winter.pdf132 2010-12-01T00:00:00ZSix of One and Twelve Dozen of Another “…we want to learn that God messes with our carefully constructed exegetical, methodological selves to take us to a much deeper level than where we habitually hover. …Some days I think I haven’t made an inch of progress from where I was when I was four years old and swore at our rat terrier for taking my mitten and running through the snowdrifts.” ]]> critique_04_2010.pdf133 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z Note from the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue: Readers Respond
Reading the World: Postville: Undocumented Workers, Immigration & Justice (Ruth DeFoster)
Darkened Room: A Story that Needs to be Told II (Greg Grooms)
Paper & Canvas: Trying to Find Our Way (Denis Haack)
Resource: Book Reviews (Denis Haack)
Tuned In: Music Review (Denis Haack)]]> critique_03_2010_v3.pdf131 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z Note from the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue: Readers Respond
Darkened Room: Reality Revisited by Greg Grooms Reading the Word: Discernment 301: From Story to Drama (Denis Haack)
Tuned In: Listening To Critics: When Musicians Raise Questions About Faith (Denis Haack)
Reading the World: Postville: Undocumented Workers, Immigration & Justice I (Ruth DeFoster)]]> notes_2010_03_sumfall.pdf127 2010-08-01T00:00:00ZThe Work of Art …"In countless conversations the surprise would be that our working life falls out according to schedule, resulting in meaningful relationships, well-earned rewards and lots of options. … The notion of being compassionate causes me to ask how we help keep heart, particularly when work seems insignificant and without apparent reward or appeal.”]]> critique_02_2010.pdf126 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z Note From The Editor
Dialogue
Darkened Room: Review of the Film Youth In Revolt
Reading The Word: None Other Lamb, None Other Name
Resources: The Radical Disciple (John Stott); Learning Evangelism From Jesus (Jerram Barrs); Souls In Transition (Christian Smith)
Back Page: A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel (Tom Phillips)]]> notes_2010_02_spring.pdf124 2010-05-01T00:00:00ZFacing North
The contributions I, Margie, make to the “work of the Lord,” may look trifling in the extreme compared to the work of others, but I have to trust what God says is true, and believe “he is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to the power that is at work within us…” (Ephesians 3: 20) So despite the unfinished nature of what I see, this work will not be in vain. Restoration will complete the story.]]> critique_01_2010.pdf125 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z CONTENTS
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR: Glimmer of Light (Denis Haack)
DIALOGUE
DARKENED ROOM: Laughing With The Devil--A Review of the Coen Brothers' Serious Man R. Greg Grooms
READING THE WORLD: I SEE YOU--Reflections on Avatar (Steven Garber)
READING THE WORD: Questions for Lost People (Denis Haack)
BACK PAGE: Viola, Coppola, Kindt (Matthew Hundley)]]> critique_2009_04.pdf123 2009-10-10T00:00:00ZWhat Do You Fear? (Denis Haack)
Dialogue
Three Poems (Erin Magee, Derek Melleby)
A Review of the Novel Home (Denis Haack)
A Review of the Film Funny People (Wes Hill)
Wedding Homily (Steve Garber)
When Musicians Raise Questions About Faith (Denis Haack)
Discerning Life: One Way Trip To Space (Denis Haack)
Not Your Average Comic Books (Matthew Hundley)
]]> critique_2009_03.pdf122 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z DARKENED ROOM: Review Of Away We Go (Wes Hill)
DISCERNING LIFE: What Would Jesus Value? (Denis Haack)
Out Of Dark Africa, Light (Denis Haack)
DARKENED ROOM: Visitor, Slumdog, Barcelona (Denis Haack)
Rock Docs (Matthew Hundley)
]]> rf_ebook_fouressays_mardikeyes.pdf120 2009-07-09T00:00:00Z rf_ebook_homosexuality_reader.pdf119 2009-07-08T00:00:00Z ebook_babylonseries_v1.pdf118 2009-06-02T00:00:00Z RF_eBook_0001_rev.pdf44 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z ebook_turnau_reflectingtheologically.pdf117 2009-05-25T00:00:00Z bf_haack_articles.pdf115 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z critique_2009_02.pdf121 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue
Discerning Life: Shoulds, Wants & Faithfulness
Darkened Room
Suspecting Certainty: A Review of Doubt
Table Grace: Fullness, Spirituality and Food
Reading the Word: Understanding Scripture Correctly, Part II
Resource: Cash, Contradiction and the Writing of Rodney Clapp
Back Page: Melies v. Lumiere: Cinematic Dichotomy
]]> critique_2009_01.pdf108 2009-03-30T00:00:00Z ED NOTE: Trust In A Financial Crisis
CONTENTS DIALOGUE DARKENDED ROOM: Where Have All The Heroes Gone?
DISCERNING LIFE: On Being A Patron Of The Arts
READING THE WORD: Understanding Scripture Correctly (I)
BACK PAGE: Engaging The New Atheists: Some Resources]]> critique_2008_05.pdf57 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z EDITORS NOTE: Engaging Doubt for Clarity's Sake
CONTENTS
DIALOGUE
TUNED IN: Singing Sharp Beauty into a Broken World
DISCERNING LIFE: Concern for Children at Work & Play
DARKENED ROOM: The Story of My Demise - Stranger Than Fiction
DARKENED ROOM: Drained Dry There Will Be Blood
REFLECTIONS: "A Few Like You" - The Church and Homosexual Christians
OUT OF THEIR MINDS: Sin That Afflicts The Righteous
READING THE WORD: Why The Gospel is Not a Romantic Comedy]]> notes_2009_1_stillwinter.pdf113 2009-01-01T00:00:00ZNever Too Late
Margie, I've adopted the "Shirkers & Slackers" program recently after failing yet again at another more sequential organized plan. I don't need the burden of such at this time in my life--been there, done that. Blessings, Doug.]]> notes_2008_4_holiday.pdf112 2008-12-01T00:00:00ZSlowly Slipping Southward
You may not have noticed this in the news since it came out the week before the elections, and we were all very preoccupied and weary of the media, but it's kind of fascinating. Science News (Oct. 25, 2008, Vol. 174) reported that astrophysicists looking at data gathered by a NASA probe have observed a kind of slope in space where something like 700 galaxy clusters--involving hundreds of thousands of galaxies about one billion light years from earth--are slipping southward (which way is "south" in space?) at a speed of 1000 kilometers per second. ]]> critique_2008_04.pdf56 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z Editors Note: The Unfairness of it All
Contents
Dialogue
Reading the World: Engaging New Atheists I - Hitchens
Reading the World: Engaging New Atheists II - Dawkins
Resources: Tim Kellor's "Reason for God"
Reading the Word: All the People and OT Dictionary
Paper & Canvas: Reflecting on Annie Dillard's Latest
Discerning Life: Magic and Monsters
Back Page]]> critique_2008_03.pdf55 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Cynicism, Country Music, Comfort Zones
Tuned In: A Strummer of a Few Chords in Search of the Truth
Table Grace: Behind the Food We Eat
Darkened Room: A Place of Safety: A Review of the Documentary Nanking
Reading the World: Material Boy: On Artifacts, Discernment and Elites
Back Page: Ransom Resources
]]> notes_2008_3_fall.pdf111 2008-09-01T00:00:00ZShreds of Life
Our three-year-old granddaughter, Paige, has a habit that got me thinking--it's pretty common among kids--she sucks the index finger of her left hand while grasping the satiny edge of her baby blanket between the thumb and remaining fingers. Her right hand clutches another part of the ribbon edge in the exact place where she knows there is a hole in the binding and can slip her other thumb in and out. ]]> notes_2008_2_summer.pdf109 2008-07-01T00:00:00ZThe Working Difference
Martha and Mary. Classic working women from the Bible. Single, too. For years whenever I've heard someone (mostly men, sorry) teach about them - Mary is such the darling. Martha is so-ooo flawed. WHO wouldn't know sitting at Jesus' feet is best, huh? Isn't it obvious Martha should've been sitting there listening, too, where we ALL should be?]]> Critique_2008_02.pdf54 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Gnosticism and Holiness
Reading the Word: Pushing Beyond Comfort Zones
Darkened Room: Redefining an Old Problem: Dealing with Evil in the film Atonement
Tuned In: An Intimate, Authentic, Revelation of Hearts: A Review of Kimya Dawson's CD Remember That I Love You
Darkened Room: When Nature is Not Enough: A Look at the Film Into the Wild
Reading the World: Rethinking Issues: Civility and Immigration
Two Poems: Jack and Jill Want To Stay Married Forever; A Conversation at the Diner
Discerning Life: The Reach and Limits of Efficiency
Out of Their Minds: Wearing Out on Purpose
Back Page: Movies, Books, Music ]]> Critique_2008_01.pdf53 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Rap, Reggae, Ragas Revisited
Resource: Gadgets, Grids, and Glory: Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God by Jack Clayton Swearengen
Discerning Life: Shouting About Nothing: A Review of the film No Country for Old Men
World Around Us: Indian Worship in Context: Music, Faith, Aradhna
Resource: Sex God
Reading the Word: Far as the Curse is Found: Seamless Fabric: X-Rated Evangelism
Babylon Series: Cynicism & Sentimentality
Back Page: Movies, Books, Music, Links
]]> RF_eBook_0002.pdf45 2008-01-17T00:00:00Z Critique_2007_final.pdf50 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Pasta & The Golden Compass
Resources: Arguments for Unbelief
Discerning Life: Questions from an Atheist
The World Around Us: Introducing Children to the World
The Darkened Room: V for Vendetta
Resources: Thinking Through 2000 Years
Discerning Life: Tea Experience
Out of Their Minds: The Nature of Morality & Liberty
Tuned In: Arcade Fire's Neon Bible
The Back Page: Movies, Music and More]]> notes_2008_1_stillwinter.pdf110 2008-01-01T00:00:00ZStranger To Me
I don't think I've met you. My name is Margie. I said this as I held out my hand, warm and friendly, to a young woman standing in the foyer after church. ]]> notes_2007_4_holiday.pdf52 2007-11-07T00:00:00ZMatters of Perspective
When we were staying with friends Leslie and John near NYC in October it was, I think, our second day with them--a Saturday. They were outside working in their pleasant yard with its meadowy borders of butterfly bushes, roses, and boxwood. I was relishing a nap in the cozy guest bedroom; the window was open and sounds of dirt scratching and pots thumping floated up. I was content to hear someone else purposefully engaged until John's voice drifted in and I heard this snippet "Oh, by the way, Leslie, we have rats again, so don't.." I sat up fast and looked around. Rats? Where? ]]> Critique_2007_0405.pdf49 2007-11-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: "Best Baby Shower" Revisited
Out of Their Minds: On Cynicism and God
The World Around Us: Rap Ragas and Reggae
Tuned In: The Latest CDs in Travis' Changer
The Darkened Room: The Lives of Others
Resources: Hidden Pictures of Glory
The World Around Us: Where Have I Heard That Before?
Discerning Live: Missions in a Risk Averse Age
Reading the Word: Cocoa Krispies Christianity
Resources: Honest Answers, Africa, Artistic Expressions
The Back Page: Christian Thought, Tom Waits, Qur'an and More]]> notes_2007_3_fall.pdf51 2007-10-07T00:00:00ZThe Joy of Bees
A long time ago when our children were young and we lived in Albuquerque, Denis traveled a lot. The reason I mention he traveled a lot is becausewhen he was out of town there was some kind of cosmic balance that shifted and it did nothing to favor me. Thus trips to the ER, little fires in the kitchen, escaped animals, and most annoying, the times when our bees swarmed, happened when he was gone and I was left to deal. It was easy to imagine him in El Paso drinking Corona, eating chili rellenos someone else labored to make, and having lively conversations with students and staff about theology.]]> Critique_2007_02n03.pdf48 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue: Sam, Loss of Heroism, Bad Religion
Table Grace: A Way of Loving
Resources: Getting 'B's for Jesus
The Darkened Room: Children of Men
The World Around Us: Global Musical Flavors
Resources: It's Biblical But Is It History?
Tuned In: In the Beginning Was Bach
Tuned In: Music for the Wild
Discerning Life: Choosing Our Spirituality
The Back Page: Books, Movies and CDs of Note]]> notes_2007_2_summer.pdf31 2007-07-07T00:00:00ZTo Be Where You Are
How often do we look at the circumstances and difficulties of life and think that because we can't fathom what God is doing, then he is doing nothing at all?]]> Critique_2007_01.pdf46 2007-07-01T00:00:00Z Discerning Life: Offensive Magazine Cover
Reading the Word: Why Bother With Culture?
Tuned In: Kindred Spirits Make Music Together
Reading the Word: Using Words to Wound Instead of Heal]]> Critique_2006_09.pdf47 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z Reading the Word: Why Bother With Culture
Table Grace: Hospitality in a Storm
Tuned In: Moving Forward--Returning to Roots]]> notes_2007_1_winter.pdf30 2007-02-02T00:00:00ZPearl Blue
The need for renewal and re-creation runs through all of life from the little breakdowns of a two year old to the wearing out of old cars. The tiny regenerations and beauties of this life remind us of our true destiny - complete and total redemption: Paliggenesioa. (Greek)]]> notes_biblereadingprogram.pdf116 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z notes_2006_4_holiday.pdf29 2006-11-11T00:00:00ZFaster
There are consequences - essential human rituals are lost as the speed of life accelerates. ]]> Critique8-2006.pdf155 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue
The Darkened Room: Desire, For Blessing or For Curse (Denis Haack)
Honest Questions, Honest Answers (Steven Garber)
The Discerning Life: To Be, Or Not To Be, Shocked ( )
Hospitality in a Storm (Steven Baldwin)
Hindsight and Intelligence (Malcolm Gladwell)
Moving Forward, Returning To Roots (Denis Haack)
]]> Critique5-2006.pdf150 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue
The Darkened Room: Preconditions of Cultural Influence (John Seel)
An Extraordinary Ordinary Life (Denis Haack)
Tuned In: A Moment of Truth (Denis Haack)
The Discerning Life: A Fear of Falling (Denis Haack)]]> Critique_2006_04.pdf37 2006-04-04T00:00:00Z Reading the Word: Da Vinci & Early Christian History
Editors Note
Dialogue]]> Critique3-2006.pdf149 2006-03-07T00:00:00Z Dialogue
Light Through a Glass Darkly (Roy Anker )
Discerning Life: Life and Distractions (Matthew Mellema )
The Darkened Room: Life, Love, Lust & Luck (Denis Haack )
Time to Turn the Tide (Denis Haack )
Resources: Books Worth Considering (Denis Haack)]]> Critique2-2006.pdf148 2006-03-01T00:00:00Z Dialogue
In the Sun: The Common Grace of Joseph Arthur (Jeremy Huggins)
Reading the World: 3 Sentences, 1 Chapter, 1 Sad Conclusion (Steven Garber)
Conversation: Talking About Charlotte (Steven Garber)]]> notes_2006_1_stillwinter.pdf28 2006-02-02T00:00:00ZPsalms in the Dark
There's nothing wrong with solving Sudoku puzzles. It's mostly that I can't. Similarly, I push and strain to solve the messes of life only to find that God didn't ask me for the answers after all.]]> Critique1-2006.pdf147 2006-01-22T00:00:00Z Dialogue
The Discerning Life: Measuring Spirituality (Denis Haack)
Resources: Vocations and Heroes (Denis Haack)
A Landscape of Stark Beauty (Denis Haack)
The Darkened Room: And the Earth Was Unearthly (Marc LiVecche)
Reading the World: Responding to Shifting Sand (Denis Haack)]]> notes_2005_4_holiday.pdf27 2005-11-01T00:00:00ZOffhanded Joy
After we've eaten and drunk all the irony, hurricanes, and stupid choices we can stomach, the joy of knowing Jesus is still the best remedy for life in this world.]]> Critique_2005_09.pdf100 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z What Makes a Good Movie Good
Anxiety in Search of Love
The Quintessential Gen-X Musical
Gospel and Resurrection
Denis Haack's Playlist]]> Critique_2005_08.pdf99 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z Luther's Table Talk
The Lost Art of Listening
Brave New World
The Figure in Art Redeemed
Poet of Love, Yearning and Sadness]]> notes_2005_2_summer.pdf26 2005-07-07T00:00:00ZWhat The Bleep Do We Know?
Without the slightest knowledge of quantum mechanics and molecular biology this movie was just weird enough to make me want to attend a neo-pagan discussion. It was a challenge to listen and speak of honestly of faith while getting get shot out of my comfortable Christian bubble.]]> Critique_2005_07.pdf98 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Idols of the Heart
The Biblical Narrative
Postmodern Mysticism
11/9 and 9/11
Decorating/Desecrating the Body]]> Critique_2005_06.pdf97 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z Cheating Buraucrats
The Purpose of Grace
Over Continent and Ice
Beautiful Intimacy from Ohio]]> Critique_2005_05.pdf96 2005-05-01T00:00:00Z The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
Why Do THe Despise Is
Redefining GRace
Saul, Genesis, Places and Stories
Art adn Artifice]]> Critique_2005_04.pdf95 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Caring Enough to Probe
How Much Reality Can You Stand?
The Neo-Pagan Resurgence
"You're Fired!" (Christianly)
Caring for the Earth]]> Critique_2005_03.pdf94 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Babes
An Ordinary Hero
Margie Haack's Favorites
Light, Caring & Perfection]]> Critique_2005_02.pdf93 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z The Incredible Incredibles
Icons, Birds & Theology
Blogging Our Hearts Out
Heartbreak & Grace]]> Critique_2005_01.pdf92 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ya Gotta See 'Em
The Church: Cold Comfort?
When the Church Fails Us
We've Lost the Plot]]> notes_2005_1_sw.pdf107 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z notes_2004_4_holiday.pdf25 2004-11-11T00:00:00ZThe Annual American Christmas Letter
What if Jacob wrote a Christmas letter to his relations and friends back in Ur? How would he spin his "Everything is Fabulous with my Agri-business Career, Beautiful Wives, Talented Children, and Generous in-laws" report?]]> Critique_2004_09.pdf91 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z Quotes, Etc.
Reality is a Blanket
A Place of No Troubles
On Forgiveness, Hymns and More]]> notes_2004_3_fall.pdf24 2004-08-08T00:00:00ZOut of Blind Spots
God moves out of our blind spots, sometimes with stealth, sometimes with the cracking of fenders and breaking of mirrors. He's always closer than I think.]]> Critique_2004_08.pdf90 2004-08-01T00:00:00Z A Good Death
A Dish Best Not Served
Marriage in Western Culture
Faith, Mystery & The Grotesque
If I Died in Colbert City]]> notes_2004_2_summer.pdf23 2004-07-07T00:00:00ZUnintended Fallouts
What I need to grasp is this: dryness is going to happen no matter where, who, or how old I am as a Christian.]]> Critique_2004_07.pdf89 2004-07-01T00:00:00Z Caring For Beauty
Large's Ark
Marriage in Western Culture
Life on Earth
At the Movies]]> Critique_2004_06.pdf88 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Fragmented Adolescence
Poetry Pointers: Franz Wright
A Family Broken
The Shadows Eulogize
Inviting & Crying]]> Critique_2004_05.pdf87 2004-05-01T00:00:00Z Summer Love
Forgiven & Forgiveness
On Culture & Pagan Ideas
Somewhere I Belong]]> Critique_2004_04.pdf86 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z Sexy Praise Music
I Will Remember You
Denis Haack's Favorites
True Spirituality
Mirror of Our collective Soul]]> notes_2004_1_spring.pdf22 2004-03-03T00:00:00ZEating the Easter Bunny
I may be in touch with what it costs an animal for me to live, but I can callously ignore what it cost Jesus to forgive me. ]]> Critique_2004_03.pdf85 2004-03-01T00:00:00Z What's In A Name?
Eyes & Minds
Biblical Poetry & Film
Suicide & Gender
Overfed but Undernourished]]> Critique_2004_02.pdf84 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The Spaces Between
Toward Knowing God
Longing to Know...and Movies
Saturated with Busyness]]> Critique_2004_01.pdf83 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From Math to Songs
A Brutal Redemption
Reformed Iconography
Calendars & The Cross
The Ghost of a Good Thing]]> notes_2003_4_holiday.pdf106 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z Critique #9 (2003)82 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On Time, Affect and Sleep
Grand Illusions
Reflections on Ecclesiastes
From Pryaer to Politics
The Politics of Spirituality]]> notes_2003_3_fall.pdf105 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Critique_2003_08.pdf81 2003-08-01T00:00:00Z Prayer & Poetry
Gone, I Don't Know Where
Getting to the Gospel
A Little Bit of Everything]]> notes_2003_2_summer.pdf21 2003-07-07T00:00:00ZPrematurely Arrogant
I would have missed the more important things in life if I hadn't been slapped down occasionally. The sanctification of Christ is both painful and compassionate.]]> Critique_2003_07.pdf80 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z Begionning the Conversation
A Discerning Eye on MTV
Speaking Up
Discerning Youth Culture
Business & Creativity]]> Critique_2003_06.pdf79 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z By The Rule of Faith
Almighty Sins
Meditation on Jesus the Prophet
Children in Secular Schools
Prophets, Creation & Edwards]]> Critique_2003_05.pdf78 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Recapturing the Imagination
Is It Real of Is It Memorex?
The Lament of Hoope in Grief
Meticulous Rederings of Glory
A Melodius Cry for Grace]]> Critique_2003_04.pdf77 2003-04-01T00:00:00Z Understanding the OT
Signs of Life in Music & Culture
Paste Music & Magazine
Religious Good of Bad Religion]]> Critique_2003_03.pdf76 2003-03-01T00:00:00Z The Impact of a Moral Person
When Life is Show Business
A Study of Songs
Clouds of Witnesses
The American Dream Come Bad]]> Critique_2003_02.pdf75 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z Language and Humility
Movies and America
A Saint, by Grace Alone
Spence, Stott & Parents
History of a Southern Heart]]> Critique_2003_01.pdf74 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Cultivating True Leisure
Haunted by happiness
On the Heavier End
From Boredom to Sounds]]> notes_2003_1_stillwinter.pdf104 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z notes_2002_4_holiday.pdf103 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z Critique_09_2002.pdf73 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Humanity's Racket
It's All Greek To Me
A Little of This, A Lot of That
Some Friends of Russ
Lost in the Cosmos]]> notes_2002_3_fall.pdf102 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Critique_2002_0872 2002-08-01T00:00:00Z Respecting the Ungoldy
The Cruelist Lies
Scripture, Ancient Texts & More
Grace is Richer than I Imagined
Metaphysics of the Morning After]]>