By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (1) Quotations Worth Reflection By Denis Haack Three brief extracts: how Christians & non-Christians see us; French social thermalism; and the difference in sermons at Pearl Harbor and 9/11.Read more
By Denis, Reading the Word Behold, I am doing a new thing By Denis Haack A sermon Denis preached about how the world is broken, and we are fallen, but God is doing a new, life-giving thing and has given us credible reasons for hope.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary How should we tip when no one sees? By Denis Haack Sometimes our true selves are best revealed when there are no onlookers. No obvious onlookers, anyway.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Books Noted: The Free World (Louis Menand, 2021) and Paul: A Biography (N. T. Wright, 2018) By Denis Haack Two books, a compendium of short pieces on the art and ideas that propelled America to prominence between 1945-1968, and a biography of St. Paul.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Fiction Briefly Noted: Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel, 2014) & “Matryona’s House” (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1971) By Denis Haack A dystopian science fiction novel and a Russian short story help us focus on what matters most.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Books Noted: Saving Us (Katherine Hayhoe, 2021) and Calvinism for a Secular Age (Jessica Joustra & Robert Joustra, 2022) By Denis Haack Two helpful books. One helps us talk Christianly about climate change and the other helps us think Christianly about all of life and culture.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary Thinking about social media By Denis Haack Social media will not go away, so we need to revisit the question of how to be faithful in our use of it.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book review: Lifting the Veil: Imagination & the Kingdom of God (Malcolm Guite, 2021) By Denis Haack In Lifting the Veil, poet, priest, and scholar Malcolm Guite restores the imagination to its rightful place in Christian faithfulness.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary Maturing is a process By Denis Haack None of us are equally proficient in demonstrating every fruit of the Spirit—and that reveals where we need to grow as followers of Jesus.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book review: How to be Perfec t: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question (Michael Schur, 2022) By Denis Haack Most books on moral philosophy are dense and dry, requiring us to slog through turgid prose and convoluted logic. Except this one.Read more