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The Missing Piece in Jordan Peterson’s Christianity
I find Jordan Peterson’s philosophy of life to be like eating a garden salad for dinner. A salad is refreshing and healthy, I keep coming back for more, but ultimately it does not sate my hunger for long. I’ve consumed a fair bit of Jordan Peterson’s thought and found it, in many ways, to satisfy…
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From Dragons to Disciples: What Lewis and Tolkien Teach Us about Making Disciples
Christ’s command to his apostles to go and make disciples (Matt. 28:16–20) is intended for all his followers. Every Christian must think carefully about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and to make a disciple of Jesus. Though the commission remains unchanged since Christ first uttered it, each new generation encounters contexts…
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Two Robes (The Pain of an Answered Prayer)
“And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.” (1 Sam. 2:19) Every year Hannah wove a little robe.A gift for the gift she gave back to God,a blanket of love, for the prayed…
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Poem – Archippus
Archippus And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”– Colossians 4:17 Dear son, mount up, hold fast the reins and ride.My child, linger on this gray plain no more.Beloved, the path ahead is not wide.Little one, the long days work lies before. Set your face towards…
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Christian Nationalism: Lessons From The Scottish Covenanters
Christian Nationalism: Lessons From The Scottish Covenanters This article first appeared under the title “Lessons In Christian Nationalism From The Scottish Covenanters” on December 12, 2023 at https://heidelblog.net/2023/12/lessons-in-christian-nationalism-from-the-scottish-covenanters/ Christian Nationalism has become something of a Rorschach test. What do you imagine when you hear this phrase? Is it a rallying cry to a glorious future in…
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An Easter Poem: Take Me to the Tomb
I was honored to be asked to write another poem for the Heidelblog, this time for Easter. This was my first time writing a villanelle, a form I found to be challenging and purposeful. I love the way the form builds tension through repetition, resolving as the first and third line finally meet as the…