A Platonic Thought: The Number of Abortions Is not the Main Concern
In this strange season when the world waits for the Republican primary field to solidify, one can say that certain things are hard to predict and others not hard at…
The Just, the Kingly, and the Tragic: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 March 2011 (Third Sunday of Lent, Year A) Exodus 17:1-7 •Psalm 95 •Romans 5:1-11 •John 4:5-42 I remember a palpable disappointment when I learned…
Are You a Teacher of Israel?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 March 2011 (Second Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 12:1-4a •Psalm 121 •Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 •John 3:1-17 or Matthew 17:1-9 For some time I’ve been…
Fear and Pity: A Review of The Nature of Love: A Theology for SpeakEasy Bloggers
The Nature of Love: A Theology By Thomas Jay Oord. 195 pp. $25.99 (hardcover) Perhaps I’m odd for thinking of Aristotle’s Poetics after I’ve read a book on Christian theology,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 41.01: Dem Christian Humanist Blues
Hey, you’re gonna get another episode soon. Stop looking like the world just ended. For reasons personal, professional, horticultural, stereotypical, fractal, nonsensical, or more than one of the above, the…
Worship Me: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 March 2011 (First Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11 The temptation of Christ…
Little Shop of Linkers
Let’s get this straight: Public sector employees are not overpaid. More to ponder on inflammatory public rhetoric and risks of violence I’ll take an order of Skinner with some Darwin…
I Did Not Forge This Review: A Review of Forged for HarperOne
Forged: Writing in the Name of God–Why the Bible’s Authors Are not who we Think they Are By Bart Ehrman. 265 pp. $25.99 (hardcover) Normally I don’t have to establish…
The Bodies of Stories: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 March 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 March 2011 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year A) Exodus 24:12-18 • Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 • Peter 1:16-21 • Matthew 17:1-9 This week’s gospel reading…
One Link and One Picture (We've Been Busy)
Jesus Radicals turn to Gregory of Nyssa for a different way to think about “social justice”
Our Sojourn with the Christian Century
Some of our readers might have noticed some changes in the right-hand margin, most notably that we’re now prominently sporting a Christian Century logo. Since I did not mention this…
Troubling Prohibitions: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 February 2011 (Eighth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 49:8-16a •Psalm 131 •1 Corinthians 4:1-5 •Matthew 6:24-34 I did not start reading the Bible…
Summa Linkologica
Stan Hauerwas on why Church is more truthful than “community” and other tidbits (HT Jeff Wright) Robert Woods recounts Russell Kirk’s defense of Giovanni Pico de Mirandola (how’s that for…
Deconstructing "The Real World"
No, I have no plans to write anything at all about any MTV shows that may or may not still be on that network. (Having been without cable for nearly…