Hyper the Linkman
Roger Olsen revisits the Ivan Karamazov “Rebellion” question When parents send their kids to college, whose sports cars are they financing? Educators could learn a thing or two from those…
Another Story of Spirituality: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 1 January 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 1 January 2012 (First Sunday after Christmas, Year B) Isaiah 61:10-62:3 • Psalm 148 • Galatians 4:4-7 • Luke 2:22-40 When people tell their own stories, we always…
Lectionary post later this week
Check back in the next couple days for this week’s Lectionary post. Christmas celebrations have delayed but not canceled it.
Christian Humanist Podcast Episode 67.01: Singing Faith
Programming note: This is a sermon that Nathan Gilmour preached at Athens Christian Church on December 18, 2011. The sermon text was Luke 1:46-55. Introduction: Why Call it a Song?…
Existentialism and Christianity? Existentialism Against Christianty?: A Review of Insurrection by Peter Rollins for SpeakEasy Bloggers
Insurrection: To Believe Is Human, To Doubt Divine. by Peter Rollins 185 pp. Howard Books. $16.00. In 2009 I started a journey into existentialism, a body of philosophy and literature…
Spreading the Word: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 25 December 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 25 December 2011 (The Nativity of the Lord, Year B) Isaiah 9:2-7 • Psalm 96 • Titus 2:11-14 • Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) I did preach the Sunday morning sermon on Easter…
Link-carnational
Another editorial on why colleges and universities are tanking (’cause we just can’t get enough of those) Rod Dreher on why even Catholics are Protestants now A tribute to Edward…
Singing Faith: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 18 December 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 18 December 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B) 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 • Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 • Romans 16:25-27 • Luke 1:26-38 Once again, I’ll be preaching this text…
The Good Fruit of God: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 11 December 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 11 December 2011 (Third Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 • Psalm 126 or Luke 1:46b-55 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 • John 1:6-8, 19-28 If the small number of history…
Appearing at the Jordan: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 4 December 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 4 December 2011 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 40:1-11 • Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 • 2 Peter 3:8-15a • Mark 1:1-8 Over the years, since I discovered in 1996 that…
Prophecy, Theodicy, Morality: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 November 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Readings for 27 November 2011 (First Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 64:1-9 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 • Mark 13:24-37 The new Church year is upon…
Chris Maxwell on Epilepsy Awareness
Epilepsy Awareness at Thanksgiving Chris Maxwell, Emmanuel College’s campus minister, has asked me to pass this link along to our readers. Chris has been a good friend to me in…
The Links of Wrath
Conservative intellectuals and why they’re so hard to find these days 13 Reasons why Rachel Held Evans is a lousy feminist
Gather the Gentiles: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 November 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 November 2011 (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Psalm 100 • Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Psalm 95:1-7a • Ephesians 1:15-23 • Matthew 25:31-46…
One-Link Pony
Chris Gehrz talks some sense about the Joe Paterno controversy. The ongoing debate over what constitutes good composition instruction Brian McLaren throws churches under the bus (again) Questioning the category…