Easter and the Tragedy in Boston
The events which have taken place around the Boston marathon have shaken our national consciousness and again raise uncomfortable questions about the world in which we are living. Struggling to […]
How the Gospel Speaks in my Life: Easter
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away […]
New Book by Seminary Director Bastiaan Baan
Lord of the Elements Interweaving Christianity and Nature The four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire are present in Genesis and the New Testament. But while traditional Christianity […]
A Story of Redemption: By Fyodor Dostoevsky
This is a profound excerpt taken from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov in which Father Zossima reflects on his life from his deathbed: Beloved fathers and teachers, I was born in a distant […]
The Mission of Failure
Failure seems like such a negation. I did not…. It points to the fact that we are imperfect, incomplete; that our reach exceeds our grasp. Yet hidden in that very […]
Christianity as Growing Wakefulness
Lo! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked and be seen exposed. -Revelation 16:15 Christ’s coming […]
Gravity, Warmth and Light: Three Gifts of the Trinity
The Earth has sometimes been compared to a spaceship, a machine hurling through the black void of outer space. In this scientific vision space is stunningly cold and inimical to […]