Gregory Love

As Reformed Christians, we share a bedrock principle with the Lutherans for our following of Jesus: We are saved by grace through faith alone. Theology is a reflection on the faith we hold: It is faith seeking to understand itself.…

I grew up in a family that did not “do feelings.” I do not remember my parents grabbing one another in a passionate hug. I do not remember my parents fighting. Or at least, only rarely. When they did fight,…

The key to intimacy is authenticity. It is as true in our relationship with God as it is in our relationships with our fellow human beings. There is no genuine relationship with God unless we are authentic before God, unless…

I am feeling my mortality. On the one hand, I look back at my life and see a thousand mistakes I have made. Ways I went down the wrong path and got myself lost. It is hard to look, because…

By Gregory Love God is our one true love. We were made out of God’s love, and for that love. But we don’t always know this. We wander. We drift. Sometimes for years, or decades. In Pilgrim’s Regress, C. S.…

By Gregory Love I am reading Under The Mercy, (1988), Sheldon Vanauken’s sequel to his 1977 award-winning book A Severe Mercy. In A Severe Mercy, Vanauken (1914-1996) described the love of his life, his relationship with Jean, whom everyone called “Davy”:…