The Church of England has been in decline for some time. But some of the most historic buildings in Britain are churches. James Stevens Curl at The Critic Magazine looks at the death of the church building.
In a related story of church decline, this one from the western side of the Atlantic, Bruce Ashford at Christianity for the Common Good suggests that politics has replaced religion in America.
It is a truism – people don’t read fiction. In Christian circles, people who read fiction are typically women, and they read a very particular kind of fiction. Leland Ryken at Desiring God makes the case for the reading of fiction – by Christians.
More Good Reads
Faith
How Could Jonathan Edwards Own Slaves? Wrestling with the History of a Hero – John Piper at Desiring God.
Olympians & the Book of Hebrews: Running with Perseverance – Hugh Whelchel at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics.
Letter to a Young Mother – James Faris via Gentle Reformation.
Poetry
Songs of Comfort – Karen An-hwei at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
Daylight – Edmund Keeley at The Hudson Review.
Found – Kelly Belmonte at All Nine.
Denise Bundred: Self-Portrait with Damaged Ear (4 poems on Van Gogh) – David Cooke at The High Window.
A Bagatelle for Brokenness – Daniel Kemper at Society of Classical Poets.
British Stuff
Where Handel & Hendrix Were Neighbors – Spitalfields Life.
Writing and Literature
Meeting Solzhenitsyn – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.
News Media
A Media Scholar Explains Why News For The Liberal Elite Is Hurting Us All – Dann Kennedy at WGBH News.
Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse – David Rozado et al at Rozado’s Visual Insights.
Life and Culture
On the Front Stoop – Tim Vanable at Front Porch Republic.
Both Sides Now – Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles
Painting: Man Reading a Book, oil on copper by Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt (1640-1691).
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