"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
The Weekend Wanderer: 29 March 2025
"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Bibliography for Faith and Politics
When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share the resources I used to help me study and prepare my sermons. Here is the second of two bibliographies for our recently completed series, "The Kingdom of God" (you can find the first one here). This bibliography has a backstory. Before the pandemic we had a …
Making a Daniel: Alan Jacobs on counter-cultural catechesis
In light of my recent exploration of the book of Daniel at Eastbrook Church (see "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith"), Alan Jacobs' blog post earlier this week seemed well-timed for me. Jacobs interacts with Adrian Vermeule's review of Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed, in which Vermeule offers an alternative to Deneen’s plea for a renewed localism, and …
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Resourceful Christianity: Alan Jacobs on Rod Dreher and the Benedict Option
Alan Jacobs offers some helpful reflections on Christian traditions accessing a new way through dialogue with Rod Dreher's recent post ahead of the release of his book The Benedict Option. That’s it, I think. You have to get to the end of your rope, you have to come to the point where you can’t live any …
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