There were many times before 1990 when events on the program of the World Council of Churches’ General Assembly were strongly objectionable to evangelicals. I remember clearly reading about, and being disturbed by, some of those. So I was greatly encouraged by Thomas Schirrmacher’s commentary (published today) on his experience as a representative for the […]
Category: Conferences
In our final day of this year’s Festival, I enjoyed more excellent sessions. The first of these was by Shane Claiborne (author of The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, and co-author of Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals and Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals), speaking on the theme: “Alive in […]
I approached the second day of the festival with high hopes for a day as good as the first but it proved to be quite a different experience. That is OK. This is to be expected at conferences, and I got enough out of the day to make it still very worthwhile. My disappointment with […]
Last month, Gail and I had our third opportunity to attend the Festival of Faith and Writing which Calvin College organizes every other year. Once again, it was a very satisfying experience, and I’ll share a few thoughts about some of what I heard there, for the benefit of those who could not attend, or […]