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The Magpie

Finding shiny things in the Christian tradition since 2016

Entering the Kingdom Now

A friend of mine muses on the life to come and entering the kingdom now.

Willard on Why There Is a Hell

Dallas Willard explains why hell is simply the best God can do for some people.

Coe on the Dark Night of the Soul

John Coe describes the dark night of the senses and the dark night of the spirit.

Hawke on Happiness

Often we imagine that we will work hard until we arrive at some distant goal, and then we will be happy. This is a delusion. Happiness is the result of a life lived with purpose. Happiness is not an objective.... Continue Reading →

Spurgeon on the Perception of Children

Give me the man around whom the children come, like flies around a honey-pot: they are first-class judges of a good man…the children's friend is one who will be worth knowing. C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students

The Grant Study on Happiness

George Vaillant conducted one of the longest-duration longitudinal studies in history. Over 75 years he has studied a group of almost 300 Harvard grads to identify what contributes to health and happiness. A parallel study of almost 500 disadvantaged youth... Continue Reading →

Bonhoeffer on the Ministries of Fellowship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer gives four concrete examples of what fellowship actually means.

Mining Our Own Tradition

Some exciting resources I've discovered in the study of Evangelical spirituality

Haskins on the New Year

I said to the man, who stood at the gate of the year 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown' And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand... Continue Reading →

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