John G. Stackhouse Jr.'s Blog, page 40
February 13, 2015
My Dinner with Mako
Just back from New York City. Had never visited it, having visited so many, many US cities over the years. San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many Californian points in between (Santa Barbara, Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto…). Portland … Continued[image error]
February 3, 2015
A New Assignment
Many of you have learned that I will be leaving Regent College this summer to start teaching this fall at Crandall University. The announcement of my new appointment is here. Some have asked about the rationale for this move. I have enjoyed … Continued[image error]
February 1, 2015
Image Search
Sitting in our bedroom for my morning time of prayer today, reading Aleksandr Men’s An Inner Step toward God again, slowly, I came across his advice to focus one’s meditation on an icon. This is what one might presume is standard … Continued[image error]
January 28, 2015
Christianity and the World’s Religions: Starting a New Series
Fleetwood Christian Reformed Church in Surrey, BC, will be hosting a new series, featuring your servant, on successive Sunday nights in February: [image error]
January 12, 2015
Holding One’s Nose to Defend Charlie Hebdo
“Secular society” does not mean that nothing is sacred. The common good is sacred. The welfare of society is sacred. And by “sacred” in this sense I mean “of supreme value.” Yet, of course, citizens often disagree over what the … Continued[image error]
January 4, 2015
Right in the Wrong(est) Places
The Epistle to the Philippians begins with Paul identifying himself as a “slave of Messiah Jesus.” And, at the time, he might have felt acutely like a slave, sitting as he was in a prison. He also might have been … Continued[image error]
January 1, 2015
History Matters
Adam Gopnik, reviewing a book on the Paris Commune of 1871 in The New Yorker, offers this powerful observation: Historians from the right can sometimes write as though the nineteenth century did not take place; historians from the left can often write as … Continued[image error]
December 25, 2014
Christmas Thoughts toward New Year’s Eve
Not only do I hope that the combination of Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve—two bacchanaliae designed to subvert and submerge any “Christmas feeling” that might linger toward the needs of others—will not utterly crush out any charity in my heart, … Continued[image error]
December 20, 2014
Advent/Christmas Posts
I’ve had the sort of year that has not lent itself to blogging. But as we approach Christmas, let me offer you a selection of Christmas-related blog posts from the past: http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2014/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2013/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2012/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2012/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2012/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2011/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2011/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2009/12... http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2009/12... … Continued[image error]
