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Seeing “Through a Glass Darkly;” How Basil and Gregory of Nyssa Changed the World

Posted on October 25, 2025 by steve.ignell

Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa were born into privilege in fourth-century Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey). Their education was elite, and their careers promising. Both became masters of rhetoric. However, their trajectory changed when their sister, Macrina, who had dedicated … Continue reading →

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A Story of Compasses

Posted on May 15, 2025 by steve.ignell

It’s a strange thing to get lost while using a compass. But it happens all the time. Perhaps we don’t trust what the compass is telling us. It’s needle points in a direction that just feels wrong. Or it’s because … Continue reading →

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The Remarkable Words of Jonathan Edwards

Posted on February 24, 2023 by steve.ignell

“It is not merely a commendable thing for a man to be kind and bountiful to the poor, but our bounden duty, as much a duty as it is to pray, or to attend public worship, or anything else whatever. … Continue reading →

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Of Immigrants and Refugees

Posted on March 15, 2021 by steve.ignell

After 57 years in Alaska, we pulled up stakes in 2012 and moved to the “lower 48.” It was hard leaving Juneau but easy to live in Seattle as we were closer to our children and Tammy’s family, in a … Continue reading →

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