Making Glorious: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011 (Third Sunday after Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll admit that…
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Happy [redacted]th birthday to our co-host, David Grubbs! (He can tell you how old he is if he’d like to do so, but I’m not touching it.) Obviously, our podcast…
I Link. I'm Gonna Kill Myself.
(Yeah, I’m proud of that title.) Who should determine the course of Christian theology–pastors or professors? (I guess no one’s arguing for bloggers or, um, English teachers.) A model for…
Christian Suffering and Divine Alienation
I know of no book more convicting than Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship; read this book closely and seriously enough, and you will likely have to stop calling yourself…
So I Guess I've Got that Going for Me
We’ve started to garner some recognition from other sites. Anne, from Anne is a Man! (a podcast review site) gave us a good review back at the end of December.…
Whose Oracle? Which Prophecy? A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 January 2011 (First Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 29 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 3:13-17 I’ll confess that I’ve stopped…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #36.01: Top 20 Songs of 2010
It’s just me in today’s special episode of the podcast. As I mention in the show, I used to do this as a blog post every year, but it just…
Top 10 Posts and Podcasts, 2010
Thank you, loyal reader, for your, well, loyal reading this year. Here are our ten most popular posts of the year–or at least the ten posts that attracted the most…
Incarnation is History: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 January 2011 (2nd Sunday after Christmas, Year A) Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 • Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 • Ephesians 1:3-14…
I'm Linking of a White Christmas
NYC vs. MFA: Two Literary Cultures that together define American literary fiction Why monarchism might be the only hope for Democracy Francis Fukuyama speculates on the conspicuous absence of a…
My Aversion to Trinitarian Disputes: A Follow-up to Christian Humanist Podcast 36
If you’re a regular listener to the podcast (and if you’re not, you should be), you might have noticed that, when the subject of the Trinity comes up, I get…
A Link in our Armor
FAQ: Should I do graduate school in philosophy? (not an xtranormal clip) Hauerwas on Leithart on Yoder on Constantine. (HT Jeff Wright) Hey! You left out a very important site…
Jesus in the Far East: A Review of The Revelation of the Magi for HarperOne
Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men’s Journey to Bethlehem Translated by Brent Landau 157pp. HarperOne. $22.99 When I discovered Midrash as an undergraduate Bible minor,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #36: The Incarnation
Merry Christmas from The Christian Humanist Podcast! Our introductory narration is, as you may have guessed, from the 1977 Rankin-Bass Christmas classic Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey. The song is…
Jesus the Bastard: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 19 December 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 December 2010 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A) Isaiah 7:10-16 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • Romans 1:1-7 • Matthew 1:18-25 I’m sure somebody has…