Category: Church History

Second-Degree Plant-Slaughter I am a terrible gardener. My two requirements of office plants is that they 1) be able to withstand neglect for long stretches of time, and

If you thought the “Worship Wars” were bad, they pale in comparison to the century’s-long theological back-and-forth over which is more spiritual:  unshaven or clean-shaven, beard or no

In many Christian denominations, women struggle to find a voice. Some of them feel called to teach or preach and so are relegated to teaching only women or

I recently saw an article in National Geographic that read Has the Signature of Biblical Prophet “Isaiah” Been Discovered? In the article, it is revealed that a partial

I had many good intentions beginning this post. I had hoped to give a brief reflection on a trip I took this past week, a trip that involved

At my private Christian university, the big theological debate on campus was Calvinism versus Arminianism. (We can leave that super fun discussion for another day, but in the

What did Saint Patrick do? The true story of everyone’s favorite party saint is fascinating, but every March I’m surprised that no one talks about Patrick’s actual past.

The celebration of Jesus’ birth and other significant days in his life were celebrated very early in Christianity. The first affirmation of this that we have in writing

Many people know that Christmas is the time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ or Messiah. They know that it is the time when Christians

With Pope Francis here in the U.S., now seemed a good time for a TBT post about that other famous Francis, the Pope’s namesake. Every Fall, when it