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The Sycamore Fig Tree
Wild yet humble, the sycomore fig is a remarkable symbol of the Christian life, beautiful in its simplicity.
Anything Is Full of Everything: Songs About Spiritual Vision
We’re listening to songs about spiritual vision this week, so get ready for some psychedelia and some songs that stretch out past the time you’re inclined to give them! Send…
Set Me Free from This Mighty, Mighty Fire: Songs About Salvation
It’s songs about salvation this week on A Symposium of Popular Songs—and not nearly as much Christian rock as I was afraid I’d play! Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com.
A Train to the Astral Plain: Songs About Angels
We’re listening to songs about angels today on A Symposium of Popular Songs, and trying to get to the bottom of how they became such sentimentalized beings. Completely accidentally, there…
Agrarian Theology and its Limits: A Review of Agrarian Spirit
I am not faulting Wirzba for failing to include these examples of more conservative Christians who practice agrarianism. But I would ask whether his theology of agrarianism, written in an…
When What We Say in Private Goes Public
All religious groups have their internecine squabbles and the places where such fights take place. They used to be confined to magazines and journals, and so only followed by the…
