By Margie, Consider Creation My Chickens Get Names and an Eglu By Margie Haack Raising backyard chickens brings wonder and patience, but not necessarily eggs.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (4) By Denis Haack Four extracts: Wendell Berry’s vital words; Marilyn Chandler on childlikeness; Michael Gerson sees rot in evangelical politics; Tish Harrison Warren on A Rocha.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book recommended: A Supreme Love (William Edgar, 2022) By Denis Haack William Edgar, Christian apologist and jazz pianist demonstrates in Supreme Love that jazz cannot be understood apart from the Christian gospel.Read more
By Denis, Consider Creation A Rocha By Denis Haack A Rocha takes God’s word in scripture and creation seriously—please consider supporting its work of caring for the Lord’s earth.Read more
By Denis, Reading the Word A sermon: The Problem with Being Right By Denis Haack Jesus tells a convicting story about two men who went to the Temple to pray. The one who was most right was unacceptable before God.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary Learning to listen takes a lifetime By Denis Haack I’ve been trying to learn to listen all my life. I’m still at it and have a long way to go. Learning to listen is a lifelong discipline.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (3) By Denis Haack Three brief extracts: young adults can’t read or write cursive; hatred breeds gullibility; and insight on state lotteries.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World What does pro-life mean about abortion? By Denis Haack A Christian human rights lawyer asks whether being pro-life requires us to allow the State to legally mandate childbirth.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Book Notes By Denis Haack Byron Borger of Hearts and Minds Bookstore send free emails called “Book Notes” calling attention to books worth reading. Please subscribe. It’s free!Read more
By Margie, Faithful in the Ordinary Come Walk with Me By Margie Haack As we grow old, we need someone to walk with us as we enjoy the pleasures and pitfalls of aging.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary Going Back to Square One By Denis Haack In an uncertain world, the question is how should we respond when we are uncertain how to respond? Here’s a place to begin.Read more
Art Poetry Music, By Denis Christianity and Poetry By Denis Haack Dana Gioia’s essay, “Christianity and Poetry” in First Things is must reading for understanding Christian faith and Scripture.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Fiction reviewed: Moses, Man of the Mountain (Zora Neale Hurston, 1939) By Denis Haack In her superb novel, Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston blends the biblical story, folklore, and the legacy of southern slavery.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (2) By Denis Haack Three brief extracts from my reading: prevalence of guns; how to read; our experience of faith in a pluralistic world.Read more
Books Film, By Margie An Interview with Margie By Margie Haack Read an interview with Margie on The Cultivating Project about The Place Trilogy of memoirs I have published.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary How being politicized erodes Christian faith By Denis Haack Being politicized seduces the followers of Jesus away from the primacy of Scripture and the Christ-like ethic of loving those made in God’s image.Read more
By Denis, Consider Creation The hidden significance of swamps By Denis Haack Even parts of creation that seem unproductive and wasteful, like swamps, are the Lord’s and vital in the orderly planet he made.Read more
Art Poetry Music, By guest authors Poem: Lake Superior By Sam Hamer Poet Sam Hamer celebrates the loveliness of the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, a place resplendent with God’s glory.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Fiction Reviewed: Social Creature (Tara Isabella Burton, 2018). By Denis Haack Social Creature is a keen window of insight into our world, a crime novel about two young adults that merely want to live life to the fullest.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (1) By Denis Haack Three brief extracts: how Christians & non-Christians see us; French social thermalism; and the difference in sermons at Pearl Harbor and 9/11.Read more