Of Joy and Desire, Part 3

Lewis’s point is that there are desires for many things in this world. In his apologetic works, he discusses at length man’s desire for food, for rest, for companionship, for beauty, for enlightenment. He says, however, that those desires do not function in and of themselves. Rather, they are used as proofs by God to [...]

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Of Joy and Desire, Part 2

This is part two in a series on CS Lewis and his observations on desire and joy.
After spending years searching through literature, mythology, and relationships, Lewis came to a revolutionary conclusion that he states in his work Mere Christianity: “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the [...]

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A New Sexual Ethic? Part 5

This is part 5 in a 5 part series of a response to Carter Heyward’s essay “Notes on Historical Grounding: Beyond Sexual Essentialism,” which can be found in Sexuality and the Sacred:Sources for Theological Reflection, edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow.
Heyward concludes her argument with a rallying cry for change. As is [...]

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Satisfaction, Security, and Priority

Haggai 1:2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.
3 Then the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, 4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house [...]

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A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?”

Wesley Hill wrote this article “A Few Like You”: Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians? about his own struggle with homosexuality and loneliness within the Christian community. The following is my response to his article.
As someone who spent years struggling to incorporate my homosexual attraction with my professed Christianity, I understand firsthand [...]

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