The Christian Humanist

I got my master’s degree in literature at a university in Nebraska, which means that I came of age, intellectually, in an environment in which Willa Cather was seen as…

General Introduction – Displacement – David’s library carrel – Like us on Facebook! – Listener feedback Our Offices – Avoiding them, sharing them, owning them – Time management and privacy…

Home: A Novel By Toni Morrison. 147 pp. Knopf. $24. “The past is never dead,” wrote William Faulkner in his late play Requiem for a Nun. “It’s not even past.”…

The Jesus Life: Eight Ways to Recover Authentic Christianity by Stephen W. Smith 231 pp.  David Cook.  $14.99. I’ve said before that, if you want to see what a writer’s…

The High Holy Days of the American calendar sneak up on me more often than not.  By the time I’ve realized that Mother’s Day is upon us, I’m usually scrambling…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 June 2012 (Trinity Sunday, Year B) Isaiah 6:1-8 and Psalm 29  • Romans 8:12-17  • John 3:1-17 I enjoy the challenge of passages like Isaiah 6.  The narrative is familiar…

Yesterday Tony Jones posted a brief reflection on ecclesiology, decrying Jurgen Motmann as too “idealistic” and saying that he’s “exponentially more grounded than Milbank, Hauerwas, and the other ecclesiologists on…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 May 2012 (Pentecost, Year B) Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14  •  Psalm 104:24-34, 35b  • Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21  • John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The first warning I got was thus: Don’t import the…

I seem to get into some trouble when I ask questions about political matters, but here goes anyway.  I honestly don’t get some of the online reactions to North Carolina’s…

Faith In Writing: Essays In Honor Of Jack L. Knowles I’ve now seen photos in which Jack is holding this book, so I can announce it without ruining the surprise.…

When consumerism in education exceeds even Gilmour’s threshold of credulity Mark Bauerlein wonders what happens to the novel in the age of consumer divorce And in other news, partisan Republicans…

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Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 May 2012 (Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B) Acts 8:26-40  • Psalm 22:25-31  • 1 John 4:7-21  • John 15:1-8 First things first: I apologize for missing…

General Introduction – David’s new baby – Last weeks of the semester – Bewildering listener feedback – A plug from Homebrewed Christianity Historicize! – 9/11 – Bush vs. Gore –…

I realize I’m a dinosaur in all sorts of ways, and my paleophilia runs all the way from a preference for epics over novels (though some novels are undeniably good)…