Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 April 2011 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 •Matthew 21:1-11 Since my birthday falls in mid-April, I’ve had birthdays that have fallen all over Holy Week.  I…

the art of theory, a recently-launched online journal of political theory (the inaugural issue’s roundtable on Adam Smith looks interesting) A call for more graduate students to study the history…

I am sorry that there will be no Bible post this week.  This weekend I preached at Athens Christian Church’s Sunday morning service, and rather than write my weekly Bible…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 April 2011 (Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 •Psalm 23 •Ephesians 5:8-14 •John 9:1-41 This Bible post is a bit different…

In this strange season when the world waits for the Republican primary field to solidify, one can say that certain things are hard to predict and others not hard at…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 March 2011 (Third Sunday of Lent, Year A) Exodus 17:1-7 •Psalm 95 •Romans 5:1-11 •John 4:5-42 I remember a palpable disappointment when I learned…

There’s got to be some good use for this one:

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 March 2011 (Second Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 12:1-4a •Psalm 121 •Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 •John 3:1-17 or Matthew 17:1-9 For some time I’ve been…

The Nature of Love: A Theology By Thomas Jay Oord. 195 pp. $25.99 (hardcover) Perhaps I’m odd for thinking of Aristotle’s Poetics after I’ve read a book on Christian theology,…

Hey, you’re gonna get another episode soon.  Stop looking like the world just ended.  For reasons personal, professional, horticultural, stereotypical, fractal, nonsensical, or more than one of the above, the…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 March 2011 (First Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11 The temptation of Christ…

Let’s get this straight: Public sector employees are not overpaid. More to ponder on inflammatory public rhetoric and risks of violence I’ll take an order of Skinner with some Darwin…

Forged: Writing in the Name of God–Why the Bible’s Authors Are not who we Think they Are By Bart Ehrman. 265 pp. $25.99 (hardcover) Normally I don’t have to establish…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 March 2011 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year A) Exodus 24:12-18 • Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 •  Peter 1:16-21 • Matthew 17:1-9 This week’s gospel reading…

Jesus Radicals turn to Gregory of Nyssa for a different way to think about “social justice”