Revised Common Lectionary Page for 31 October 2010 (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 and Psalm 119:137-144 •Isaiah 1:10-18 and Psalm 32:1-7 •2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 •Luke 19:1-10 I…

“The Just One Challenge” from The Christian Standard Perhaps this little essay will not sustain the interest of any but those who are involved with the Stone-Campbell tradition, those congregations…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 24 October 2010 (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Joel 2:23-32 and Psalm 65 • Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 and Psalm 84:1-7 •…

Susan McWilliams laments that Modern Family has benefits that actual modern life has stripped away from most families. Patrick Deneen wonders whether 18th-century liberalism had inherent in its project the…

Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future by Tim Elmore 228 pp.  Poet Gardner Publishing.  $16.99 Tim Elmore came to Emmanuel College in early August as our guest…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 October 2010 (21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Psalm 119:97-104 •  Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 121 •  2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 • …

Gain some perspective on the sizes of things in the universe. Gain some perspective on the relative volumes of communications traffic. The Kindlings Muse has another great lecture from one…

Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life. By Ed Cyzewski 233 pp. NavPress. $14.99. I have to admit that I enjoyed reading an optimistic book, even one whose optimism…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 October 2010 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12 • 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111 • 2…

Well, folks, with Michial’s oral comps and other scheduling snags, the Christian Humanist Podcast was reduced to the sad state of relying on Nate Gilmour to deliver a monologue.  If…

An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible By Walter Brueggemann. 212 pp. Fortress Press. $22.00. I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s project as a senior at Milligan College, but…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 26 September 2010 (18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 • Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146 • 1…

Dante 2010: Purgatorio Dante 2010: Inferno Dante 2009: Paradiso Dante 2009: Purgatorio Dante 2009: Inferno Dante 2008: Paradiso Dante 2008: Purgatorio Dante 2008: Inferno I’ve taken longer than I would…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 September 2010 (17th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9 • Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113 • 1 Timothy 2:1-7 •…

I’ve actually missed two opportunities to talk about Jaws on our podcast. I realized mere hours after recording our episode on epic movies that, in other contexts, I’d made the…