This week I got to be a bit more of a Pietist schoolman again, as we considered how a Pietist ethos would shape education at several levels. Things started with Sam and me talking about Bethel and revisiting some of the key themes of last year’s book on The Pietist Vision for Christian Higher Education: e.g., education as…
Here’s a question for our readers: in your experiences in congregational and college settings, how have your teachers handled the variant endings of the book of Mark? (Or were you aware that Mark has multiple endings?) This is the third time (that I remember) that I’ve taught Mark in churches, and I’ve always tried to…
On the need for discrimination and prejudice in arts criticism. Paul Williams pleads the case for Sunday School. Claes G. Wyn calls for enduring resolve in the culture wars. Stanley Fish examines the recent Supreme Court decision on funeral protests. Social science returns to a sort of humanism. Teacher-baiting and the decline of democracy. How…