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…
Off to SAMLA
There won’t likely be a Lectionary post tomorrow, as I’m reading a paper and participating in a roundtable on Writing Across the Curriculum at the annuel SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern…
Forum Update
We’re now up to 16 registered members over at The Christian Humanist Forum. That’s the good news. We’ve also had about 20 spambots try to join. That’s the bad news.…
Link You Like a Hurricane
JAC (a journal of rhetoric, culture, and politics) goes online Some sensible suggestions for revising seminary education In honor of Reformation Day, 15 Theses for the Charismatic movement Socratic teaching,…
A Bit on Fourteeners
I don’t know why I was thinking about this most amusing of meters this morning, but it occurs to me that our good readers might help me add to the…
Like Rolling Waters: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 November 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 November 2011 (21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 and Psalm 78:1-7 • Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24 andWisdom of Solomon 6:17-20 or Psalm 70 • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 • Matthew 25:1-13 I…
Christian Humanist Forum Up and Running
I’m going to be modifying the boards in the course of the next few weeks, but I figured I’d provide a link to the new forums and invite folks to…
Project Link-Way
Chris Gehrz asks when Micah 6:8 became the rallying call for activist Christianity Saint Benedict, Occupy Wall Street, and… Saint Benedict and WHAT? The American organizations which won’t abide U.S.…
My Kind of Theologian: A Review of Earthen Vessels by Matthew Lee Anderson
Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith by Matthew Lee Anderson 231 pp. $14.99. Bethany House. The preface to Matthew Anderson’s book is subtitled, “In Which I Clear…
The Seat of Moses: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 30 October 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 30 October 2011 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Joshua 3:7-17 and Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 • Micah 3:5-12 and Psalm 43 • 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 • Matthew 23:1-12…
First as Tragedy, then as a Link
The Future of Seminary Education: An Online Symposium Ed Cyzewski: Don’t go to church to get fed. Some implications of taking over abandoned malls for church use Stanley Fish: Don’t…
His Eye Was not Dim: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 October 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 October 2011 (19th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Deuteronomy 34:1-12 and Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 • Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 and Psalm 1 • 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 • Matthew 22:34-46 Perhaps teaching Dostoevsky…