Draw Near With Faith

essays on truth, beauty, and goodness

I write about Christianity: theology, Bible, spirituality. The title comes from the Episcopal Church's prayer at a person's baptism: "Give them… a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works. Amen."

Weekly comment on the Revised Common Lectionary as used in The Episcopal Church, from Andrew McGowan of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

This is a public notebook of the stuff I've been reading, thinking, and publishing recently.

Arguments and observations from the work of ministry

I advocate passionately for the gathered community of believers, critique Progressive Christianity from the left, and believe that God is more than just a political mascot.

Questionable missives on today's American Anglicanism.

Meditations on Christian teaching, formation, preaching, & the lively life of the mind.