Which is more important for a king: ruling the court or ruling the people?
Pulpit & Pew
Rhys Laverty explores how theological retrieval makes all the difference in church life and ministry.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Why can we not bring ourselves to part with Jack Falstaff?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Comedy of Errors”
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare’s masterful farce.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Titus Andronicus”
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Richard II”
Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “King Edward III”
Thoughts on oaths and loyalty in the Reformation, from a Shakespeare play you’ve never read.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Taming of the Shrew”
Failed farce? Cheap misogyny? Or simple insight into the sexes?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”
Reflecting on Shakespeare with Plato’s “Phaedrus”, and thoughts on repentance.
“Cor Novum, Canticum Novum”: A New Year’s Sermon from John Donne
On New Year’s Day 1625, John Donne exhorted his hearers to circumcise their hearts.
Syllables Cannot Hold Him: “In the Bleak Midwinter” and the Grandeur of God
Christina Rossetti’s choices of meter and scriptural allusion are no accident.