Summer Reading Short Reviews

One of the joys of reading is being able to bounce around and read lots of different things as the fancy takes me. Here, in no particular order, are a few thoughts on a few of the books I’ve read so far this summer. The Lost Virtue of Happiness: J.P. Moreland and Klaus Issler. I think this is an important, even an essential book. In combination with a lecture by Dr Moreland that I heard this summer (and wrote...

Experiencing the Trinity in Poetry 3: John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 12

How do we enter into a relationship with God, or deepen that relationship once it exists? Our answers to that question become richer when we recognize that the God of whom we speak is the most holy Trinity: the name of God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this essay series, we have explored how the poetry of John Donne, the 17th century Anglican poet-priest, can help us to examine and...

Experiencing the Trinity in Poetry (2): John Donne’s Holy Sonnets 10 and 11

What does it mean that God is Trinity? It is the heart of the Christian faith: that we know God the Father through God the Son in the power of God the Holy Spirit. The more that we know the living God as Trinity, the deeper and richer will be our relationship with Him. As we discussed in Part 1 of this series, poetry is an ideal route for exploring divine mysteries, allowing us to meditate on God and our...

Experiencing the Trinity in Poetry (1): John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 1

The Trinity is not just a difficult doctrine that’s interesting only for pastors and philosophers – rather, it is the heart of the Christian faith, for God has revealed Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The most holy Trinity is not a puzzle to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Though we cannot fully comprehend the Trinity through the use of human reason, God has revealed Himself as...

Summer Reading Discussion!

Hello, dear readers! What’s on your to-read list this summer?...