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Saturday Evening Blogpost: Ecumenical Dialogue

Fr. Christian Mathis | March 6, 2010

Today I am happy to be participating again in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I was fortunate enough to spend a good deal of time over at her blog last month discussing a book called Evangelical Is Not Enough, By Thomas Howard. This month I have chosen one of the more commented upon posts from [...]

Saturday Evening Blogpost: Forgiveness

Fr. Christian Mathis | February 6, 2010

Today I am happy to be participating again in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I am choosing to share a post called Forgiveness as Participation in the Divine. The words of Metropolitan Anthony have continued to echo in my heart and mind for some time now. Please make sure you check out the many other [...]

Evangelical Is Not Enough: Christian Worship

Fr. Christian Mathis | February 5, 2010

Continuing with discussions on Thomas Howard’s book, Evangelical Is Not Enough, we come to the chapter entitled, “Christian Worship”.  If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the wonderful dialogue at Elizabeth Esther’s blog, which is the inspiration for this series of reflections, I invite you to do so. In this post I hope simply [...]

Evangelical Is Not Enough: Spirit and Flesh

Fr. Christian Mathis | February 4, 2010

From reading recent comments in Elizabeth Esther’s recent book discussion on Evangelical Is Not Enough, it would seem that the discussion is starting to heat up. If you get the chance to visit her blog, you will see what is so far an excellent example of respectful dialogue. It is tempting for me to simply [...]

Evangelical Is Not Enough

Fr. Christian Mathis | January 27, 2010

Elizabeth Esther has come up with the brilliant idea of hosting a book discussion at her blog on Evangelical Is Not Enough by Thomas Howard. Elizabeth is a former Evangelical Christian who eventually moved to a more liturgical tradition. I am looking forward to the continued discussion at her blog, but I also thought it [...]

7 Quick Takes: Tennessee Pride

Fr. Christian Mathis | January 22, 2010

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For real country sausage, the best you ever tried, pick up a pound or two of Tennessee Pride!
This has been the song stuck in my head all week long. It started with a search for Jimbo Whaley’s cover of a Journey song that I heard him perform a few months back. What I had forgotten [...]

Saturday Evening Blogpost: East Meets West

Fr. Christian Mathis | January 2, 2010

Today I am happy once again to be taking part in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. Elizabeth is hosting a special new year’s edition by asking bloggers to share their favorite post of the entire last year. My first thought was that it would be incredibly difficult to choose my favorite post from so many, [...]