by James Gordon | Oct 5, 2017 | Opinion
The trial of David Irving is the subject of the docudrama “Denial.” While it was released in September 2016, I viewed it for the first time last month and found its subject particularly relevant in light of recent events. A BBC production, it should have...
by James Gordon | Jul 17, 2017 | Opinion
John Wesley could be a pain. He was dogmatic, opinionated, partisan and stubbornly hard to shift from what he believed was the central ground of Christian faith. But that made him neither an exclusive nor a separatist from other Christians. In 1749, he preached a...
by James Gordon | Jul 10, 2017 | Opinion
Among my many books, and settled on my many shelves, are a number of writers whose work is a balm in Gilead – a tonic for the creeping weariness of spirits jaded by a world too much in our faces. Isaiah wrote some of his greatest poetry to a people in exile,...
by James Gordon | Jun 15, 2017 | Opinion
A wire sculpture sits above the harbor at Portsoy in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The graceful lines of a dolphin leaping toward the sea is a powerful and poignant symbol of life that is wild, untamed, beautiful and utterly natural. There are many perspectives on the...
by James Gordon | Feb 21, 2017 | Opinion
Losing the art of listening has corrupted public discourse. “God’s voice is of the heart. / I do not therefore say / all voices of the heart are God’s, / and to discern his voice amidst the voices, / is that hard task to which we each are...
