The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #30: REVENGE!
Our theme music this week is Ted Leo’s “The Sons of Cain,” from 2007’s Living with the Living. Does it remind anyone else of Hey Dude for some reason? General…
Synonyms to Ponder: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 24 October 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 24 October 2010 (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Joel 2:23-32 and Psalm 65 • Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 and Psalm 84:1-7 •…
A Link or Eight for to Ponder and Meditate
Susan McWilliams laments that Modern Family has benefits that actual modern life has stripped away from most families. Patrick Deneen wonders whether 18th-century liberalism had inherent in its project the…
Long on Diagnosis, Short on Viable Responses: A Review of Generation iY
Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future by Tim Elmore 228 pp. Poet Gardner Publishing. $16.99 Tim Elmore came to Emmanuel College in early August as our guest…
The Christian Humanist, Episode #29: Mentors and Telemachi
General Introduction – Reunited and it feels so good – Some talk about offices – What’s on the blog? Etymology – Mental? Mentos? – Turning to the Greek – Why…
The Mighty and the Deprived: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 17 October 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 October 2010 (21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Psalm 119:97-104 • Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 121 • 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 • …
Handy for an Overview: A Review of Coffeehouse Theology for The Ooze Viral Bloggers
Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life. By Ed Cyzewski 233 pp. NavPress. $14.99. I have to admit that I enjoyed reading an optimistic book, even one whose optimism…
The Christian Humanist, Episode #28.1: Heidegger
General Introduction – Where’s David Grubbs? – A change in plans – Listener feedback – Forgive our pink noise (it goes away quickly, I promise) Reading Being and Time –…
Going on our Way: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 10 October 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 October 2010 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12 • 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111 • 2…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #28.01: A Week Off
Well, folks, with Michial’s oral comps and other scheduling snags, the Christian Humanist Podcast was reduced to the sad state of relying on Nate Gilmour to deliver a monologue. If…
The Theological Datum Is your Friend: A Review of Walter Brueggemann’s An Unsettling God
An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible By Walter Brueggemann. 212 pp. Fortress Press. $22.00. I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s project as a senior at Milligan College, but…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #28: Kings
General Introduction – Listener feedback: In which Michial takes offense at compliments – What’s on the blog? – A notice about next week King David – What picture does the…
Unreasonable Hope, Inexcusable Ignorance: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 26 September 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 26 September 2010 (18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 • Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146 • 1…
Dante 2010: Paradiso
Dante 2010: Purgatorio Dante 2010: Inferno Dante 2009: Paradiso Dante 2009: Purgatorio Dante 2009: Inferno Dante 2008: Paradiso Dante 2008: Purgatorio Dante 2008: Inferno I’ve taken longer than I would…