Month January 2026

When Faith Becomes Suspect

I do not usually write in the heat of the moment. I prefer distance, reflection, time. But there are moments when silence itself becomes a form of abdication. I am an Evangelical Christian. I am sixty-seven years old. I belong…

Not Merely a Local Matter

The crisis in England and the silent judgement of the ancient Church ἀποστῶμεν τῆς ματαιότητος καὶ τῆς κενῆς φλυαρίας καὶ ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἔνδοξον καὶ σεμνὸν κανόνα τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶνFirst Letter of Clement 7:1 The situation currently experienced in the…

Pilgrims in a Foreign Land

The First Epistle of Peter and Christian Life in a Post-Christian Civic Religion There was a time when Christianity functioned as a shared moral background, even where living faith had grown weak. That time is drawing to a close. The…