Seeking the reconciliation of heaven and earth
The Wonders of Creation is the 6th in Wheaton College's Hansen Lectureship Series exploring the life and writings of 7 British authors studied at Wheaton's Marian E. Wade Center – C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien, Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Charles Williams, and George Macdonald. Like the other books in the series, it… Continue reading What I Have Been Reading….The Wonders of Creation by Kristen Page
A couple of years ago I read a beautiful short story by J.R.R Tolkien with the odd name Leaf by Niggle. It tells the story of Niggle, an obscure painter living in a fictitious rural setting. Niggle is not a particularly talented painter, but he loves painting landscapes full of trees. If he had a… Continue reading The Time That is Given Us
"And what will I myself be at that hour, when I am only myself and nothing else? My whole life long I have been nothing but the ordinary routine, all business and activity, a desert filled with empty sound and meaningless fury. But when the heavy weight of death one day presses down upon my… Continue reading The Vanity of Busyness
Here are a few selections of what I have been reading over the last couple of months. I hope you enjoy reading this and if you haven't read them yourself you can purchase them through the links if you are interested. The Weight of Glory: And Other Addresses By C.S. Lewis / HarperOne Nine sermons… Continue reading What I Have Been Reading….George Macdonald, The Weight of Glory, and Strength of Soul
It was during my high school years that I first began to seriously think through both my faith and my political convictions. While I accepted a distinction between the two, it seemed clear that they were interconnected. Any discussion of law or policy has some sort of morality or virtue behind it: the morality behind… Continue reading Seeing Politics Through the Lens of Faith
On Earth as it is in Heaven 