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The Barred Owl and the Bishop

FeatureThu 29 Jul 2010 by T. M. Moore

Barred Owl, photo by Michael Hodge (CC license)

Poetry and the Power of Association

T. M. Moore continues his series on poetry. Looking at poems by Richard Wilbur and C. S. Lewis, he helps us think about ways poetry creates lasting and life-transforming images for us.

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Line of Sight

FeatureTue 15 Jun 2010 by T. M. Moore

Anne Bradstreet and the book of creation

T. M. Moore continues his series on poetry. Looking at a poem by Anne Bradstreet, he shows how poetry can construct a line of sight from the world of material reality to the unseen realm of God.

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Too Busy Not to Versify

FeatureFri 16 Apr 2010 by T. M. Moore

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Celtic Missionary Poetry

T. M. Moore continues his series on poetry by introducing poetry of the early Celtic missionaries Columbanus and Columba as an encouragement for even the busiest people to make time for the arts.

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Moore’s Law, Faith, and Truth

FeatureThu 25 Mar 2010 • Responses: 3 • by Al Sikes

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What force can counter the pressure of rapid social change?

Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes reflects on the rapid social changes brought about by cheap computing power and suggests that we need a countervailing force.

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Decoding the Language of Faith

FeatureThu 18 Mar 2010 by T. M. Moore

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Poetry as a Living Witness to Doctrine

T. M. Moore continues his series on poetry by unpacking William Cowper’s “The Task” as an example of poetry that can help us understand and internalize the technical jargon of faith.

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Slow Down!

FeatureTue 09 Feb 2010 • Responses: 4 • by T. M. Moore

photo by Marilylle Soveran

Maximizing the Moments of Life

In the first of a series, T. M. Moore looks at the ways poetry can help us pay attention to the individual moments of our too-hurried lives and see the beauty and truth we would otherwise miss.

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Forgiving Enemies in Northern Ireland

FeatureWed 06 Jan 2010 by Nigel Biggar

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Spiritual Self-preservation, Absolution, and Compassion

Professor Nigel Biggar presented this talk on his understanding of reconciliation and its specific application at an evening event for the Westminster Forum of Trinity Forum Europe in December 2009.

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A Comeback for Faith in the UK

FeatureTue 05 Jan 2010 by Jonathan Aitken

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New spiritual interest emerging from the rubble of arrogant materialism

Jonathan Aitken, Executive Director of the Trinity Forum in Europe, reports on a rise of faith to deal with an age of anxiety in this piece written for the Daily Mail.

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The Gift and the Warning

FeatureTue 24 Nov 2009 by Al Sikes

Lessons from the Bees

Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes reflects on his role as a beekeeper. True gratitude for God’s gift of nature includes learning to respect nature’s lessons.

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Before Clapham

FeatureFri 30 Oct 2009 • Responses: 2 • by Cherie Harder and Peter Edman

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The Legacy of Margaret Middleton

Lady Margaret Middleton is a nearly forgotten hero of abolition and a critical early influence on William Wilberforce through her networking, hospitality, and passion for justice.

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The Barred Owl and the Bishop

Line of Sight

Too Busy Not to Versify

Moore’s Law, Faith, and Truth

Decoding the Language of Faith

Slow Down!

The Spaces We Inhabit

Forgiving Enemies in Northern Ireland

A Comeback for Faith in the UK

The Gift and the Warning

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President Obama’s Proposals for a Second Fiscal Stimulus: Senior Fellow Prabhu Guptara: “Is there anything short of divine miracles which will be good for job creation, good for the small business sector, good for the economy as a whole, and good for President Obama?” (Renaissance: Insights for Action in Today’s World • 2010 02 09)

How the Victoria and Albert Museum dealt with the dying of Christianity: “This situation is unprecedented in western civilisation: even 50 years ago, when these galleries of one of the richest collections in the world were last displayed in the V&A, they could assume that everyone was familiar with the rudiments of Christianity. Now, in a twinkling of an eye, 2,000 years of culture in the profoundest meaning of the word have been largely forgotten.” (Anna Somers Cocks, The Art Newspaper, December 2009 • 2010 01 05)

The God that Fails: David Brooks: “Many people seem to be in the middle of a religious crisis of faith. All the gods they believe in — technology, technocracy, centralized government control — have failed them in this instance.” (New York Times, December 31, 2009 • 2010 01 05)

From Winchester to Westminster: Jonathan Aitken discusses Sir John Templeton recently in the American Spectator; here’s a quote from the late philanthropist on gratitude: “Thanksgiving opens the door to spiritual growth. If there is any day in our life which is not thanksgiving day, then we are not fully alive. Counting our blessing attracts blessings. Counting our blessings each morning starts a day full of blessings. Thanksgiving brings God’s bounty. From gratitude comes riches—from complaints, poverty. Thankfulness opens the door to happiness. Thanksgiving causes giving. Thanksgiving puts our mind in tune with the Infinite. Continual gratitude dissolves our worries.” (The American Spectator • 2009 09 11)

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