Preventing Grace Podcast: 12th Century Dining
Matt and Anne Kennedy discuss 12th century feasting and manners, Thanksgiving food, and threaten to bring Anglican Advent guilt to all premature Christmas revelers.
Preventing Grace Podcast: Anxiety, Grief, and Thanksgiving
Matt and Anne Kennedy discuss Thanksgiving and the futile but common Christian effort to use the “law of giving thanks” to cure sorrow, anxiety, and depression.
Gratitude and the Christian
Gratitude is a fundamentally Christian way of life. Of course, all humans experience feelings of gratitude. But gratitude in its fullness, flows directly from the Christian Gospel. I was once invited to speak at the Mormon church in Vestal, NY….
On the Death of Christians
By now you have likely all heard about the terrible shooting in Texas. A man entered a church and killed 26 people, wounding another 20 or so. How do we make sense of such evil? Why would Jesus, the sovereign…
Preventing Grace Podcast: Nairobi
Matt and Anne Kennedy discuss Anne’s sudden flight to Nairobi to help her parents, compare the standard of living for people in west Africa against those who live in east Africa, and talk about parenting solo with six kids.
The God of Love and Justice
Matt Kennedy A talk delivered the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Binghamton University, on the question: How might we reconcile God’s identity as love with his justice?