Here is an excellent post by Douglas Wilson on Protestantism’s liberation of the arts. I think that he is right, but I might want more to be said. Recent Protestant forays into the arts been worse than mixed, but I do not think that this has much to do with Protestantism in any historic. Rather, it has to do with cultural capitulation to worldly standards of beauty in the arts, a deep and abiding desire to make money, and to be respected by unbelieving artists (see the phrase “crossover”). The post is, all in all, excellent and well worth reading:
Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
Protestantism and the Arts
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012Leithart on Martyrs
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012We live in a day where faith is easy…too easy. Here is a reminder of how our forefather brought down the most powerful and oppressive Empire of all time by suffering. May we be prepared to follow the Lamb:
Why did He do it?
Saturday, April 14th, 2012Last week, I had the blessing of walking through Central Market with Emily and our girls. We love the Market and I was musing, as I often do, on Lancaster County as we wander from booth and through the alleys and flowering trees of the City. Lancaster’s Central Market is not like Whole Food in Manhattan. It is not frequented by rail thin wraith hunting for the best bite of food because there will only be one bite of food to have. It is overflowing with children. Strollers abound. Fecundity washes over you in waves. Husbands and wives glory in the joy of productive love and life at Market. It is not like a city (or like so many of our inner cities). There seem to be no thieves at Market. There is no need for thievery. All the booths have samples out. You can feed yourself on them. My kids do. Thievery at Market would be some sort of blasphemy. In short, Lancaster County is what life can be on earth. A warm embrace of love, duty, frugality, joy, goodness, and general kindness. This is why Lancaster is the happiest place in the nation. This is why life is good here! (more…)
Inspiring Video
Thursday, April 12th, 2012I received this video recently. The speaker is a Christian motivational speaker. I usually don’t like this sort of stuff, but I was moved by the challenges that he is facing through faith in Christ:
Christian Education and Moral Skills, Part 3
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012This is an ongoing discussion on Business and Education sponsored by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. (If you want to join the group, let me know.) Here is my most recent post: (more…)
Christianity and Feminism
Monday, April 9th, 2012This is a link to an excellent article by Peter Leithart from New St. Andrews College concerning how Christianity and its love for children and commitment to righteous monogamy led to the protection of women. In our day radical feminists tend to dismiss Christianity as a “War on Women”. One does well to remember what came before (note, that some language in this article is fairly graphic):
Serving
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012On Friday March 31st, our school served at the Global Aid Network. We had a blast. I will put up pictures next week. Every year we return I see more and more of the impact of this has on me, on our students, and on the world. Today we packed meals, clothes, supplies, and seeds. There was a seed spill at one point. The helper told us that it represented about 100 lbs. of food. It was a tiny spill. We packed 10,000 times the amount of the spill. That would translate into 1,000,000 pounds of food.
We have so much. We need not feel guilty about this. God blessed us with this plenty. Our forefathers blessed us with prosperity by their hard work. We should not feel guilty. We should feel the weight of responsibility to be like Christ who gave his life to save the needy.
Thank you for those that blessed our school by sponsoring. Your help and our work blessed many (and blessed us).
Douglas Wilson on Pride
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Here is a great post by Douglas Wilson on Pride. It is very convicting (warning…):
Ignite
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012If you missed the Ignite on Saturday night, then you missed it! It was a blast! Here is a snippet from Collision. Enjoy:
Fatherhood
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012On Saturday March 17th our school community watched Douglas Wilson “collide” with Christopher Hitchens. I saw this on Wilson’s blog today. Read the applications at the end. They are incredibly helpful:
