Timeless Essays
From Passover to the Garden of Gethsemane ~ The…
I went with Peter to make the arrangements for the Passover supper. When we arrived in Jerusalem,…
Maundy Thursday ~ The Imaginative Conservative
So many gospel themes find their focus on Maundy Thursday, so many threads of connection flowing to…
Holy Week, Wednesday The Anointing at Bethany ~ The…
The Gospel of John (John 12 1-8) tells us of how Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus. I love this intense…
Cleansing the Temple ~ The Imaginative Conservative
When Solomon dedicated the Temple he rightly declared that not even the Heaven of Heavens could…
Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem ~ The Imaginative…
This strange Holy Week has begun in tears: tears of frustration, tears of lament, and for so many…
Classical Music for Holy Week & Easter ~ The…
Though Handel’s “Messiah” rightly reigns supreme as the king of music for Easter, there are many…
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” ~ The…
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! Is life so dear,…
Jonathan Edwards and James Thornwell ~ The Imaginative…
The narrative of a North-South divide in American History is a powerful, yet problematic one.…
The Power of Song in Bach’s “St. Matthew…
In the “St. Matthew Passion,” Bach indulges his gypsy soul. It is as though Bach, in his broad and…
A Progressive Conservative ~ The Imaginative…
As a settler in seventeenth-century New England and as a female poet, Anne Bradstreet was a…
