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The Reverend Dr. John Witherspoon deserves to be as well known as Jefferson, Adams, and other founders. Witherspoon believed that the cause of justice and liberty within a nation requires the cultivation of moral character, particularly in its leaders. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Justice, Liberty, and Human Nature For John Witherspoon, the American experiment depended on more than ideals—it depended on the character of its people. open.substack.com/pub/kennethk...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What is the United States of America now? | Rebecca Solnit

A Pride Sunday reflection on faith, identity, suffering, welcome, and what it means to believe that every person is “fearfully and wonderfully made.” catonsvillepres.org/sermons/wond...

Happy Pride!

Just finished James K. A. Smith’s deeply moving and beautiful text. Smith makes a new case for what Karl Rahner said decades ago, “The Christian of the future will be a mystic, or not exist at all.”

"No one gives a shit about housing." Only ballrooms.

Follow me on Substack: On the Way. Let's venture together. "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." ~ T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding," Four Quartets substack.com/@kennethkova...

"Remember Juneteenth... remember the people whose 'boundless dreams [of freedom] took flight' before we were born, before they themselves were free, who taught us to imagine a better future and demand absolute equality.” ~Historian Annette Gordon-Reed

Happy Pride!

“The church is called to be the kind of reality at the finite level that God is in eternity.” ~Colin Gunton (1941-2003), The Promise of Trinitarian Theology (1993) Here is the link to last Sunday's sermon: catonsvillepres.org/sermons/comm...

“The church is called to be the kind of reality at the finite level that God is in eternity.” ~Colin Gunton (1941-2003), The Promise of Trinitarian Theology (T & T Clark, 1993)

Veni, Creator Spiritus!

Revelation isn’t about predicting the future—it’s about worship and witness. In a world demanding our allegiance, Christ still stands at the center of the lampstands, calling the church to shine with his light. catonsvillepres.org/sermons/chri...

"Remember: if you want to make progress on the path and ascend to the places you have longed for, the important thing is not to think much but to love much, and so to do whatever best awakens you to love." ~Teresa of Ávila, The Interior Castle (1588)

To follow Jesus, to be baptized into the flowing waters of our baptism, is to be swept up in the flow of God’s love, invited to be a partner in the dance of God, invited to participate in the divine relationship of God’s life-giving love. Come, Holy Spirit! Come! catonsvillepres.org/sermons/gett...

"Faith in God’s revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo." Happy Birthday, Karl Barth! Born 140 years ago today in Basel.

Péter Magyar has been sworn in as prime minister of Hungary. Hungary's Viktor Orbán era is officially over.

What happens when the collective becomes sacred—and individuality becomes suspect? A reflection on Jung, Kierkegaard, mass-mindedness, and the struggle to become “that individual.” jung.org/news/blog/27...

In an age of crowds, algorithms, outrage, and mass opinion, what does it mean to remain an individual? Jung and Kierkegaard both warned that losing ourselves in the collective may cost us our souls. jung.org/news/blog/27... This is piece is related to a reading course that I'm leading at Jung.org.

In an age of crowds, algorithms, outrage, and mass opinion, what does it mean to remain an individual? Jung and Kierkegaard both warned that losing ourselves in the collective may cost us our souls. jung.org/news/blog/27... This short piece is related to an upcoming readinf course at Jung.org.

“It is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.” - Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Way

Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month. The PC(USA) has resources designed to expand mental health awareness, end stigma around mental illnesses, and expand the capacity of ministers and members to engage in mental health ministry. Access resources here: pcusa.org/about-pcusa/...

“A church which is dependent upon political power and the presuppositions of worldviews, cannot fulfill its task in the world. It then loses the freedom to listen to Jesus Christ alone...it also loses its freedom to proclaim him unreservedly..." ~Reformed theologian Wolf Krӧtke (1938-2023)

“The advocates of Christianity squander their energies in the mere preservation of what has come down to them, with no thought of building on their house and making it roomier. Stagnation in these matters is threatened in the long run with a lethal end.” ~C.G. Jung, Aion, CW 9ii, par. 170

Everything starts in doubt. ~Anne Carson

I'm really looking forward to leading this course on Jung’s essay, “The Undiscovered Self.” A favorite. Come join us. Details below. jung.org/events/view/...

As the “America Reads The Bible” event kicks off in DC this weekend, something to consider: “We no longer read the Bible seriously. We read it no longer against ourselves but only for ourselves” ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer (DBWE 11:377)

Join me on the way. My Substack is a place to share thought pieces, raise questions, and share interesting quotes at the intersection of Christian faith and depth psychology, bridging head and heart. substack.com/@kennethkovacs

This Louise Glück quote really speaks to me this morning, coming on the heels of the Festival of Faith and Writing.

I totally called it. Honestly this should be much bigger news.

Another fabulous day at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin University.