Author Archives: Alex Grudem

The Church calendar’s red-letter days obliterate division. All Saints’ Day erases the division between the living and the dead. Transfiguration Sunday pulls back the veil between heaven and earth. And…

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do…

Agnus Dei – Francisco de Zurbarán, c. 1640. Museo del Prado.  Public domain. When I played guitar in youth choir as a teenager, one of our Lenten songs asked the question, “Would…

“Our Savior’s Transfiguration” – Theophanes the Greek, c. 1400. Tretyakov Gallery. Public Domain.   In his sermon on the First Sunday of Epiphany, Father Matt introduced the season with T.S….

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;  For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow  Die not, poor Death, nor…