So I finally broke down and bought a Kindle. I’d been resisting the purchase because I love the idea of a physical book, and because a lot of my reading comes in the from of free books I read in order to review. With some upcoming travel on the horizon, I realized that one little…

Author Margaret Feinberg has been blogging during this season of Lent about what she’s given up during the 40-day observance. No, not chocolate or facebook. She’s given up prayer.  Her provocatively-titled vow is really more about getting out of the habit of talking at God than it is abandoning communication (and communion!) with him.  It…

I had one of those slap-upside-the-head Bible reading moments a couple of days ago. The ones where you’re reading words out of habit, and suddenly, blam-o! The Hound of Heaven ambushes you, and with no warning, you’re having a holy “have a good look in the mirror at high noon” moment. I was reading Romans…

A few posts ago, I reviewed a book about Communion. I just received another volume on the topic that I’ll be reviewing for Englewood Review of Books. And in the midst of it all, I wrote a short devotional about the Lord’s Supper for the next Caspari Center newsletter. I’m reposting it here with a…

Though Lent is a somber forty-day period of the Christian year given to fasting, reflection and acts of charity, here’s a story that will probably give you a smile – and serve as a reminder that those observing Lent need to interpret the practice to a watching, wondering world: I was immersed into Gentile culture…

A few weeks ago, I reviewed a book about spiritual pilgrimage from Thomas Nelson’s Ancient Practices series. Thanks to Nelson’s blogger review program (which they’ve dubbed “Booksneeze”, a cringe-worthy name if ever there was one), I had the opportunity to read another title in the series. This time, it was Nora Gallagher’s The Sacred Meal,…