by Alexei Laushkin It is a hard task to cultivate ears and eyes and especially hearts that are open to different expressions of Christianity. Most of the cultural momentum in the Christian church worldwide...
by Alexei Laushkin For those of us who celebrated a Good Friday service with some liturgy there was something that caught my attention in the Prayers of the People. We prayed for two things:...
February 18 2016 by Alexei Laushkin There is one unifying problem that theologically conservative Christians in just about every culture struggle with: how to deal with grief, pain, and suffering. It’s odd for a...
February 12 2016 by Alexei Laushkin Alexander Schmemann has an excellent essay on the nature of secularism titled “Worship in a Secular Age” (click here to read). Well worth the read, when a lot...
December 30 2015 by Alexei Laushkin What should Christians say about the intersection of faith, beauty, and art? This week I came across something from a few years ago by Makoto Fujimura (currently at...
December 9 2015 by Alexei Laushkin This was an ugly week on the Presidential campaign trail. As a conservative it’s not my habit to call out a GOP candidate this early in an election,...
November 3 2015 by Alexei Laushkin So, what about Thanksgiving in the midst of suffering? That’s something I’m reflecting on and how Christian worship guides us into a type of lament that leads to...
