What makes a good death? What is the definition of health? Should medical professionals be seen as mere providers of services or as stewards of a vocation? Justin R. Hawkins on bioethics after God. bit.ly/4mHV0xG

“The gospel should unsettle our political alliances by making us aware of the distortions of our moral intuitions that arise when we offer wholesale allegiance to any political ideology, whether left, right, post-liberal, or anything else.” bit.ly/4oCkRZO

“Perhaps Julian of Norwich does not “belong” to any of the churches. Instead, she was ahead of and above us all, pulling each of us together into a theology that is bigger than our divided communions.” Matthew J. Milliner on Norwich and the gospel of grace. bit.ly/463oAY3

The saints are always ahead. The August Material Mysticism Comment :

“Habit eats willpower for breakfast.” On a new episode of Conversing, John Ortberg and Mark Labberton discuss the limits of willpower, the gift of desperation, and the hope of genuine transformation. bit.ly/3HHueql

The August Material Mysticism entry, from Matthew J. Milliner, is out today and it's on Julian of Norwich. Check it out! comment.org/julian-for-eve…

“The roll of wheels has replaced the rhythms of worship, and I am starting to understand why so many people ride the pipeline into Orthodoxy.” bit.ly/463oAY3

“To think our churches are in a position to be anything other than winsome represents the real failure to attend to the reality of our moment, for the negative world is a result of both the sins of a progressive society and the moral calamity wrought by the church’s breaches of

“The irony is that many contemporary Christians have come to adopt bioethical positions outside the historic ethical teaching of Christianity precisely because they rely on a divine command ethic for making those decisions.” bit.ly/4mHV0xG

For the evening crowd, substack is great n’all, but you have no idea how much poorer this would be without editing from Comment comment.org/julian-for-eve…

“As I keep reading, Julian shifts my focus from the crimes of Christendom—things done (“holy” war) and left undone (the surrender of sacred space)—to prayer.” bit.ly/463oAY3

“The loudest voices insist one cannot have it both ways; it is either armed resistance to lies and wickedness or unqualified embrace of the other.” bit.ly/4oCkRZO

How to handle churches that become skate parks? Instructions available now. comment.org/julian-for-eve…

In Comment today we have an absolutely delightful essay on the aesthetics of readings children's literature, by Cardus's own Timothy deVries. comment.org/reading-togeth…

“The sacrality of kingship, for whatever reason, is deeply bound up with the health of the king. Perhaps it is because, as Shakespeare well understood, the burden of kingship is itself a kind of debility.” Dr Francis Young on the frailty of kingship. bit.ly/4oK5ezu

“Aesthetic obedience should be understood as an expression of obedience to God even in one’s response to and appreciation of beauty.” Timothy deVries on the neglected but necessary everyday aesthetics of children’s books. bit.ly/3Jsjqx6

I wrote for Comment about the legend of the Fisher King, and its resonances both historical and contemporary 🎣👑

“Do I really want to satisfy myself with Evelyn Underhill’s late admiration for Orthodoxy when I could have the real thing?” Matthew J. Milliner on Norwich and the gospel of grace. bit.ly/463oAY3

Watch Dan Wuori ‘s video below then follow it up with this charming article by TdV in Comment comment.org/reading-togeth…

This essay talks about the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. This summer my family visited the Rabbit Hole, in Kansas City, which features exhibits "in the round" based on picture book art. It was wonderful.