Living Bulwark Magazine • August 2026 • Volume 158
Called Together as a People for God
Come to Him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, “like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-6
You Are the Body of Christ. The body is one, although it has many parts; and all the parts, though many, form one body. So it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
FEATURES
- Living Stones Built Into a Spiritual House: A Commentary on 1 Peter 2:4–10, by Dan Keating
- The Body of Christ, a reflection by Steve Clark
- Overcoming the “Gospel of Selfism” Part 1, and Part 2: Christian Servanthood Versus Selfism – God’s Great Reversal, by John Keating
- The Ecumenical Vocation of Charismatic Renewal, The Visible Sign of Unity Is Communitarian, by Raniero Cantalamessa
- Holy, Holy, Holy! Isaiah’s Call and Mission – and Ours, by Tom Mangan
- “Salt and Light” – Our Vocation to Holiness, by Donald Bloesch
- On the Love of God Which Greatly Surpasses All Love, by St. John Chrysostom
- Perfect Fear Casts Out All “Luv” by Peter Kreft
COLUMNS, UPDATES and REFLECTIONS
- Love of Neighbor, by Ted Kennedy
- The Hidden Treasure and the Great Pearl, by Tom Caballes
- Giving Thanks to the Lord at All Times and Seasons, by Paul Beckman
- An Heirloom of Gratitude, A Grandly lesson by Diana Hou
- For Freedom Christ Has Set Me Free, A Praise and Worship song by Joseph Mathias
- Illeism – On Modesty in Speech, An essay from Grandly
- The Villain: What Matters Most to You? By Elaine Roub
- “Blessed by the Cross” – The Heroic Life of Edith Stein in Nazi Germany, a reflection by Jeanne Kun
- The Prayer of the Ever-Living Christ, by Edith Stein (1891-1942)
- Sophie Scholl – A Young Christian Woman of Moral Courage and Conscience, and a Martyr for the Faith, edited by Don Schwager