The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #38: Nationalism
We hope you enjoy our fight in the final segment! General Introduction – Nathan Gilmour does it all – Where’s Grubbsy this week? – Is there a difference between Iowa…
A Metaphor Incarnated: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 February 2011 (5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 I’ll…
Link, Link, Nudge, Nudge
David Brooks presents a case for disagreeing and meaning it without calling one’s interlocutors ugly names. Walter Brueggemann calls for more emphasis on public Scripture-reading on Sunday mornings. Some praise…
The Blind Men and the Elephant, Revisited
My pilgrim soul once undertook A journey of the mind To Hindustan, the mythic East The truth of things to find. Of blind men once a rhyme I’d heard Whose…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #37: The Italian Renaissance
Season four begins with a bang! General Introduction – Welcome to Season 4 – David remains transient – Michial and his dissertation – That .01 episode from December – What’s…
Do Justice and Love Kindness: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 30 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 30 January 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Micah 6:1-8 • Psalm 15 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • Matthew 5:1-12 When I started in…
Link Cadillac
Stanley Fish notes the similarities in the right-wing and left-wing criticisms of the modern university. Patrick Deneen calls for public liberal arts education, not careerist college education, for all citizens.…
Some Self-Promotion for a Tuesday Morning
Howdy, readers. I should have noted this back when I was tooting our horn for the recognition we received, but new every Christian Humanist Blog post has, at the bottom…
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…