John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 5 minPRAYERWhat Does Prayer Do? Second Thoughts on Importunate PrayerI recently wrote against the idea of piling up prayers to God as if we can exact what we want by dint of our exertions. God is not a...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minETHICSThe Saguenay Case: Another Vestige of ChristendomThe Supreme Court of Canada is due to release its judgment on the Saguenay case. And, alas, once again I find myself opposing friends and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minPRAYERA Prayer for Every DayThis last month, while venturing hither (vacationing in the Okanagan Valley) and yon (working in Sydney, Australia), I have been...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minEPISTEMOLOGYWell, Maybe, Sister Anne…Concerned friends have asked me about Anne Graham Lotz’s recent call to prayer that will culminate tomorrow (July 7) in a 7-hour time of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minPRAYERThe Hard Work of PrayerHere is a lovely passage from the sprightly, charming, and ruthlessly honest testimony of English writer Jane Christmas as she considers,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minPIETYMore Merton: On the Humility to Withdraw from GloryI’m just back from being up front and vocal for almost a week. I flew down to Cupertino (= AppleLand), California, to serve alongside the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minDISCIPLESHIPA Good, Daily Prayer from Thomas MertonThomas Merton has fans. Lots of them. I’m not one of them. His spirituality is neither to my taste nor lined up with my theology in many...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minDISCIPLESHIPLearning about Prayer from Fairy TalesOur youngest son, Devon, and I anticipate a trip soon to the Baltic that will start and end in Copenhagen. While we celebrate Søren...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.5 minCURRENT EVENTSDr Ben Carson Starts…and, One Hopes, Ends…His Political Career at the National Prayer BrSome of our American cousins are a-twitter (so to speak) over the speech given by surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson at the National Prayer...