Deus Misereatur

"Those who belong to a certain order of society - people who make big decisions that affect all of us - don't seem to have much sense of their own fallibility. Being unacquainted with failure, the kind that can't be interpreted away, may have something to do with the lack of caution that business and political leaders often display in the actions they undertake on behalf of other people" (203-4). Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford My rating: 4 of 5 stars There I was in South Florida, working on the air frame of fighter jets and the internal bulkhead of an H-3 helicopter. My nicotined hands were cut and calloused, my steel-toed boots sliced, my uniform often sweat-soaked and spotted with carbon. But the work was rich and refreshing. The high point came when my then 5 year old daughter asked me, "Daddy, what do you do?" Just at that moment an F-4 launched from the flight line, roaring it's way gloriously...

Evolution and Holiness: Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection Matthew Nelson Hill IVP Academic (InterVarsity Press) PO Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 ISBN: 978-0-8308-3907-0; $30.00; February 2016 Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur Intriguing. 3 Stars out of 5 There you are at a huge family reunion and everyone is related in some way. Many have the same family name, though there’s a mixture of other names through marriage, along with a plethora of body shapes, sizes, colors and regional dialects. Each group slowly huddles around folks they’re familiar with, and the reunion becomes a band of clans, all related but different. As you take the bold step to meander between clusters, you happen on one knot of people and come to the awkward realization that though this particular crowd is linked to the larger family, their assumptions and approaches to politics and religion are clearly different and outside of your purvi...

Sunday morning: From Psalm 128 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Since Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, we pray for the church here and world over, for this congregation, as well as Redeemer PCA-Edmond; St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church; Santa Fe Presbyterian; Southminster; Trinity; Westlake; Westminster Presbyterian Church; and the Urban Mission. We ask that by his blessing, by the reforming and revitalizing work of your Holy Spirit, by the faithful reading, preaching and teaching of your Scriptures, and by the right administration of your sacraments, Jesus might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5.25-27). And we ask you to be with t...