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Cate MacDonaldFormation

Thankfulness, Envy, and a Very Blue Berry - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It seems particularly indicative of the state of my life right now that I am writing about thankfulness on December 1st. A day late and a dollar short would be a great sort of motto for me if it wasn’t […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Marriage and the Sacredness of Joy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The internets were all atwitter today with the latest stunt pulled on…Twitter. Yes, someone tweeted his nuptials.  Immediately after being pronounced man and wife, he pulled out his cell phone–and gave his now-wife hers–and they updated their status’ together. The […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Law, Gospel, and Theological Anthropology

Law, Gospel, and Theological Anthropology

Gary HartenburgFormation

Thomas Says: Thanksgiving Edition - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It shouldn’t surprise us that Thomas has written about thankfulness. There are very few topics that he did not cover. He devotes an entire question of the Summa to thankfulness. (It is part of his section on justice.) I’ll just […]

Matthew Lee AndersonDevotionalFormation

The Mystery of Faith: A Brief Reflection for Thanksgiving - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As Christians, we are a people who live in a present that is shaped definitively by the past and the future. The meaning of our present, of our contemporary lives and relationships, is fixed, but not yet revealed. We take […]

TexUncategorized

The Wisdom of the Law

The Wisdom of the Law

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Enlightenment and Evangelicals

The Enlightenment and Evangelicals

Gary HartenburgPhilosophyThomas Says

Thomas Says: It’s Wrong to Kill Yourself

Thomas Says: It’s Wrong to Kill Yourself

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

On God's Knowledge of Us

On God's Knowledge of Us

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

What Kind of Culture is the Church

What Kind of Culture is the Church

Gary HartenburgFormation

Thomas Says: Clerics Cannot Kill Sinners (This Means You, Too, Protestant Pastors) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The question of whether a cleric can kill a sinner (criminal) is not one that occupies the thoughts of Christians today. But whenever we find such a question that occupies a past thinker it’s important to reflect on why we […]

Jeremy MannEducation

Parents and Public School: Comments on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I recently had the chance to read Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye for my Teach For America credentialing program at Loyola Marymount University. Reading the book in that setting prompted notice of the near absence of school in the novel. […]