In 2007, Charles Taylor wrote a book entitled, A Secular Age which gave us a clear and comprehensive analysis of the secular age we live in and the implications of that for our faith. More than a thousand years before that an unknown author in the fourteenth century wrote a book, The Cloud of Unknowing,…

In Holy Communion, God completely gives himself to us – one might say surrenders himself to us, for our own good and happiness, writes Alan Martin It is clear from Scripture that the human race was intended by God to have a supernatural destiny. The first humans were raised to a supernatural state by grace…

Every now and again, headlines speak of hope. A new breakthrough in cancer treatment. Promising advances in repairing spinal cord injuries. Each discovery greeted with relief, even a quiet joy. Humanity, it seems, continues to push back the boundaries of suffering. Any yet– even if every disease were cured, death would still remain. No medical…