David Robertson is the pastor at St. Peter’s Free Church
in Dundee, Scotland. During the Brexit campaign in Britain in 2015, he wrote an
article explaining why, after much struggle and thought, he was voting for
Britain to leave the EU. It was shared, tweeted, and reposted hundreds of
thousands of times. Many people told him it changed their minds. He now has
another article about the Brexit negotiations, and he doesn’t mince words.
Tim Challies was recently in Jerusalem, arriving just
before President Trump announced the decision to recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel. Whether you agree with Trump’s decision or not isn’t the
question; Challies was concerned with all the reports of riots and protests, as
reported in the Western news media. He found lots of reporters and TV cameras,
but few protests. Challies also has a post on the five most ridiculous books to
become evangelical bestsellers – and his No. 1 could be all five, as far as I’m
concerned.
My all-time favorite pie is mincemeat. The sweet kind, not
the meat kind. BBC has a story about mincemeat pies, and their strange and
twisted history.
And more: Thomas Kidd on Sgt. York and his faith,
exploding some myths about whom in the media actually took on Joe McCarthy, some
wonderful photos of London, and some bluegrass-playing Dominican monks who
calls themselves the Hillbilly Thomists.
Poetry
Self-Portrait
as a Lighthouse – Elizabeth Spires at Image Journal.
The
House of Christmas – G.K. Chesterton via All Nine.
Paul Lake –
D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.
Grace
and Love – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
American Stuff
60
Years On: Joe McCarthy Assaults Drew Pearson – W. Joseph Campbell at Media
Myth Alert.
Life and Culture
Michael
Oakeshott on the Character of Education – Ian Tregenza at The Imaginative
Conservative.
Nine Questions
to Ask Yourself to Prepare for 2018 – Scott Slayton.
On Leaving
Jerusalem – Tim Challies.
British Stuff
Harold
Brudekin’s London Lights – Spitalfields Life.
Brexit
for Dummies (and Hope for Visionaries) – David Robertson at The Wee Flea.
The
strange and twisted history of mince pies – Veronique Greenwood at BBC.
Art and Photography
Black
and White Impressions – Tim Good.
Faith
Jesus’
most important holiday wasn’t Christmas – David Rupert at Red-Letter
Believers.
5
Most Ridiculous Books to Ever Become Christian Bestsellers – Tim Challies.
Walking Away from
God – Jason Stasyszn at Connecting to Impact.
Alvin
York, Christian Soldier – Thomas Kidd at The Gospel Coalition.
Impatience
in Waiting – Charity Singleton Craig.
Poor Wayfaring
Stranger – The Hillbilly Thomists.
Painting: My eldest daughter Suzanne with milk and a book, oil on canvas by Carl Larsson (1904).
1 comment:
Thank you for including my poem, Glynn.
Wishing you and Janet and your sons and their families a wonderful Christmas and much continued success with writing in the new year.
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