A comment was posted this past weekend about prayer and singing (or “chanting”). This article represents some earlier thoughts I have written on the topic. Over the course of this next week I will be largely engaged in another writing task and wil... read more

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A friend of mine from Durham, Frederik Mulder, has recently started a new blog: Resurrection Hope. His expertise, as you can tell from the title, is all things resurrection. The interesting aspect of his work is the intersection between Paul and h... read more

Josee speaks of using my book Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols for arts and crafts. Consider giving it as a gift to the artsy crafters in your life. read more

**Now with a link!**Patristic Carnival XXXI has been completed. Go and see the wonders of the world of patristiblogging!Many, many thanks to Polycarp for jumping into the breach for me yet again. I very much appreciate the help on this month's edi... read more

I’ve been reading a guide-book to Naples and the Amalfi coast today, and I was struck by a photograph of the grotto of the Cumaean sybil, probably the most famous pagan prophetess of Roman Italy.  This, it seems, was only discovered in the 1920... read more