Read Article Common Ground March 2026 Edtn 33 min read Returning to Freedom Luke Fenwick Is this freedom? Freedom is the first kiss. It’s kicking around the sandpit and making mudpies. It’s a fragrance once known and never forgotten. It’s a memory that sticks. Lead Articles
Read Article Common Ground October 2024 Edtn 29 min read Silence & Solitude Luke Fenwick It turned out to be a silent retreat. Many years ago, I volunteered with the Trinity Forum in the UK. I worked with friends to organise a conference where participants could engage with a variety of texts and ask big questions about life and faith. Lead Articles
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 33 min read What Really Matters: Politics and the Martyrs' Witness Luke Fenwick Ernst Lohmeyer had worked for months toward a single goal. By turns he had hurdled, skirted, and flirted with the range of obstacles before him, and if he was to see the fruition of his labour, he had to take his responsibilities seriously, with two hands and whatever else besides. Living Well
Read Article Common Ground August 2022 Edtn 22 min read Unassuming Presence—God’s Patience and Our Own Luke Fenwick There’s nothing dramatic or glossy about patience. Patience doesn’t bid for our attention. It’s regularly overlooked and mistaken. Living Well
Read Article Common Ground August 2021 Edtn 23 min read Encountering Reality: Learning to Read the Christian Tradition Luke Fenwick Some years ago I sought a group of young people who lived almost a century ago. One intrigued me in particular, and I tracked him to the Bavarian State Archive. Creation, Society, Culture Lead Articles
Read Article Common Ground April 2021 Edtn 4 min read An Enlarged Vision Luke Fenwick Since its publication in 1680 Joachim Neander’s hymn, “Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren,” has been sung in Christian worship as a magnificent hymn of praise to God, who is Lord over all. Arts, Photography, Music