Author Archives: Alex Grudem

Palm Sunday Now to the gate of my Jerusalem, The seething holy city of my heart, The saviour comes. But will I welcome him? Oh crowds of easy feelings make…

On recent Sundays, as I’ve looked out over the congregation, I’ve noticed a sea of small, blue rectangles. On those rectangles, etched in white letters, is the most indispensable piece…

There was a Benedictine monk in the 16th century who fancied himself one of the hardest-working monks who had ever lived. If a monk could be saved through monkery, he…

If you haven’t noticed, I have a hard time resisting the sonnets of Fr. Malcolm Guite, the Anglican priest-poet whose works “sound the seasons” of the Christian Year. During this…

Adoration of the Magi – Andrea Mantegna, c. 1500. Getty Museum. Public domain. The Wise Men GK Chesterton (1874–1936) Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men…