The Archive
TexFormation
Gary Thomas, founder of The Center for Evangelical Spirituality, graciously answered my critiques of his pragmatic and helpful book, “Sacred Marriage.” The conversation continues below with my thoughts on excerpts of his helpful response. I’ve read your primary critique once […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, and Atonement. It might be tempting for some Christians to […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno and Michael
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
In honor of the Oscars next Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. Previously: Michael Clayton. Juno is an engaging and
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedFilm Reviews/Hollywood
In honor of the Oscars next Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. As Michael Clayton is the only movie I
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
I am a big fan of both G.K. Chesterton and Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. (You can read some of my thoughts about the latter here.
TexFormation
I will always be among the first to sharply criticize the abuses of ritual and liturgy that so often plague the older and “higher” churches in the world. It is as though they never quite understood one of the assumptions […]
Tex
Painfully self-aware people cringe every time they receive a compliment. A simple, “You look lovely today,” sends them into a convulsion of excuses as they trip over their tongues in an effort to assure themselves and the world that they […]
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
In my reflections for Ash Wednesday, I claimed that it was “through death—in suffering, in weakness, in solitude—that the communion of saints begins. The brokenness of Jesus’ body is the birth of his people.” While I focused mainly on the […]
Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized
Christianity Today asks the question: Why are evangelicals connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century? "We confess that we have often lost the fullness
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedTechnology
"In their hoodies and lanyards and baseball caps, they do not look like gods, but after what I have just seen, it is hard not to think in those
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsUncategorized
James Dobson is apparently going to endorse Mike Huckabee for President. Now that Mitt Romney is out of the race, Dobson clearly doesn't have to risk offending those