[Book Review] Wholeheartedness, by Chuck DeGroat

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 9, 2023 | Presence Journal

Review by Michael LangerI love everything Dr. DeGroat writes. My introduction to his work came through reading, Leaving Egypt: Finding God in Wilderness Places, which was a balm to my soul. His next book, The Toughest People to Love, was transformative in my approach...

The Vice of Slothfulness: Shedding Light on the Sin of Acedia

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 8, 2023 | Presence Weekly

by Nichole RittgersWe live in a noisy world. We allow television to play in the background as we clean the house, we have Alexa queue our favorite songs as we wash the dishes, and the list goes on. There are rarely moments in our day when we experience anything close...

How is God Changing People and Places?

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 8, 2023 | Presence Journal

by Abraham Cho and Gregory R. PerryEarly on a Sunday morning in East Harlem, a young couple and their two daughters wait for the elevator up to the second-floor space where their church meets above the neighborhood laundromat. Their youngest, dressed in all white,...

[From the Archives] Tim Keller on The Implausibility Structure of a Culture

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 8, 2023 | Presence Weekly

From “The Reason For God” video course (Courtesy of Zondervan)by Tim Keller, 20061. Defeater beliefsEvery culture hostile to Christianity holds to a set of ‘common-sense’ consensus beliefs that automatically make Christianity seem implausible...

St. Thomas Aquinas: Everyday Economic Ethics

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 8, 2023 | Presence Weekly

by Charlie SelfIntroduction: Toward a more just communityCommunity economic development that brings opportunities for all classes and cultures to flourish is an aim shared by thoughtful women and men of all religious and political persuasions. The integration of...