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Thank God for Jokes: How Christ Redeems Our Ridicule
Every man is important if he loses his life; and every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to run after it. — G. K. Chesterton Humor, as we like to say, is one of the minor fruits of the Spirit. It is, as Kierkegaard said, “the joy which has overcome the […]
When Majesty Stooped: Princess Diana and the Incarnation
Have you ever met someone famous? How did it go? Were you nervous or were you too enthralled to be self-conscious? Did the cat catch your tongue or did you keep your wits about you and make a good impression? Encountering a celebrity on the street can strangely feel like a divine revelation. As we’ve […]
The Only Gift That God Receives
After the opening song to the 1954 musical White Christmas, two entertainers-turned-soldiers, Captain Bob Wallace and Private Phil Davis, run for cover from enemy bombers. After Davis shields Wallace from a collapsing wall and is wounded, Wallace asks how he can repay Davis for saving his life. From that point on, Davis freely cashes in […]
The God Who Makes George Bailey’s Life So Wonderful
Christmas movies have an incredible ability to channel nostalgia. The connection to one’s childhood helps explain why many of us feel so closely connected to our personal favorites. If these movies don’t represent us, they at least represent who we want to be or who we used to be, someone usually in the form of […]
Never the Same Twice: Grace and the (Divinely) Inspired World of Jazz
What I would really like to have been, given a perfect world, is a jazz pianist. I mean jazz. I don’t mean rock and roll. I mean the never-the-same-twice music the American black people gave the world. — Kurt Vonnegut For decades, a legendary trumpeter has taught an Improvisational Jazz course at the University of […]
God’s Hands Across America
In 1986, there was a nation-wide campaign called Hands Across America, in which 5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. It took a staff of 400 people and a slew of celebrity cameos nine months to prepare and publicize. The event was […]
Ninety-Nine Problems (and an Actual Solution): The Holy Spirit’s Advice Column
“Ninety Percent of What’s Wrong with You Could Be Cured with a Hot Bath.”
Mixed Drinks and God’s Word: The Ordering of Law and Gospel
“The Gospel is 100% ‘Yes,’ and if There’s a Hint of ‘No,’ then It’s all ‘No.'”
A Pandemic of Shame: Seeking Refuge From Online Anger
“How Much More Grievous are the Consequences of Anger than the Causes of It.”
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