God shouts to us, “Receive mercy!” as though he were calling to us in time of famine, “Have some wheat!” Saint Augustine Exposition of Psalm 32 (33)

A first time visitor to church, a new student from China, told me after the service the sermon should have been at least twice as long. I assured him he is the only one with that opinion, but he remained undeterred. He also referred to our church as "large." Bless him.

Happy birthday to one of the finest ships there is:

For the preseason Top 25, the AP manages to use an unofficial logo for Iowa State that I haven't seen in circulation since the 90's.

Claim your dignity in Christ:

Ritual is catechesis.

"For although the Church rests on eternal foundations, it is in a continual state of rebuilding..." – Henri de Lubac

"If modern men are so absent from each other, it is precisely because they are absent from themselves, since they have abandoned this Eternal which alone establishes them in being and enables them to communicate with one another." – Henri de Lubac

There is a tick within much of Protestantism that "discovers" some novel approach without realizing it is a warmed-over notion that has already been tried and often found wanting.

In honor of his recent passing, managed to sneak Calvin Seerveld into the dissertation tonight.

That this needed to be said at all... Lord, have mercy.

Lovely lecture by Professor Matthew Millener at Wheaton College on Christian liberal arts: youtu.be/0z-2utyEasI

Once again, the question for the CRCNA is not whether we plant churches, but what kind. The question is not how we rebuild, but to what end. Our ecclesiology must guide our practice, not the other way round.