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The Barred Owl and the Bishop

FeatureThu 29 Jul 2010 by T. M. Moore

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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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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

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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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Failure is Not a Sin

A ReviewThu 10 Jul 2008 by T. M. Moore

book cover imageFlesh-and-Blood Jesus: Learning to be Fully Human from the Son of Man, by Dan Russ (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), 192 pages, $14.99.

Reading Dan Russ’s excellent and provocative new book about Jesus I was reminded of an incident in which I was involved during my preparation for ministry.

I went to seminary a complete theological novice. I’d been a Christian for only a few years and had never read any theology nor had any introduction to the theological traditions of the Christian heritage. On the advice of trusted pastors, I enrolled in a seminary in the reformed tradition, where it immediately became apparent to me that how one articulates what one believes is just as important as what one actually believes.

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Driving in the Fog

FeatureTue 03 Jun 2008 • Responses: 1 • by Nathan A. Baxter

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A paradox of revelation

Sometimes the air we look through becomes part of what we see. Nathan Baxter reflects on the paradox of fog and the ways, by forcing us to slow down, it both hides and reveals.

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A Life Worth Emulating

A ReviewFri 07 Mar 2008 by Luder G. Whitlock, Jr.

book cover imageJohn Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace, by Jonathan Aitken (Crossway, 2007), 400pp., $22.

Jonathan Aitken, a skilled biographer and author of the award-winning Nixon: A Life and, more recently, Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed, has produced a valuable biography of John Newton illumined by important, unpublished letters and diary entries. He embellishes a compelling narrative by inserting thoughtful assessments of Newton’s life and ministry at appropriate points.

A flurry of books, articles, and films about William Wilberforce have been published recently in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. Appropriately so, for in addition to his pivotal role in Parliament leading to decisive action against the slave trade, Wilberforce was an extraordinary figure of great influence in England.

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Intimations of Spirit

FeatureMon 29 Oct 2007 • Responses: 2 • by T. M. Moore

Andrew Wyeth, Pentecost

Reflections on Spiritual Realities in the Art of Andrew Wyeth

T. M. Moore looks at the spiritual themes in the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and the different ways they challenge different audiences.

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The Glory of Kings

FeatureWed 25 Jul 2007 by T. M. Moore

Lichen on tree stump by Marilylle Soveran

Searching Out the Glory of God in Creation

T. M. Moore discusses the way God reveals himself in creation, drawing on the practices of the medieval Celtic saints to demonstrate practical ways you can profit by reading “the book of nature,” looking carefully at creation to deepen your spiritual life.

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As modern people, we have too much to live with and too little to live for.

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Hannah and Nathan (Audio) by Wendell Berry, foreword by Gregory Wolfe.

Steve Brown narrates this Trinity Forum Reading selection that helps us think about love, marriage, and our place in the world.

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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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Cover image via AmazonPsalms for People Under Pressure by Jonathan Aitken.

Jonathan Aitken discovered in the Psalms what he calls “deep gold seams of ancient wisdom for coping with the pressures of modern life.”

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