First, sorry for the overly alliterative title.  But for this post, those words really are the apt ones to invoke!  Like many people, I have

The other day James Bratt posted a careful, scholarly review of Calvinism and Politics on this site.  Here’s more, neither careful nor scholarly. . .

A number of you sent appreciative notes on my last post, “The Geography of Faith,” which took a shot at the big picture of American

So begins the movie, Jeff, Who Lives at Home. I saw the Duplasses’ latest movie this past weekend with a friend, and it stuck with

[Alas, today will be my final post here at The Twelve.  I’ve been honored to be part of the team that has launched this conversation,

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.  Then they

I envy monastics–sometimes. I envy their intent to zero in on the Christian faith, to delete every iota of worldly pain and pleasure from hearts