Statistics and Narrative: A Response to Sam Mulberry
After the Christian Humanist Podcast’s episode on sports (available via the RSS feed, if you just click on it…), Sam Mulberry of Bethel University and CWC: The Radio Show emailed…
The Witness and the Writer: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 18 April 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 18 April 2009 (Third Sunday of Easter, Year C) Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) •Psalm 30 •Revelation 5:11-14 •John 21:1-19 I’ve been asked to preach not this…
For our English Lit Students…
Worried about that English lit test coming up? Too busy to concern yourself with all that “Old English”? Here’s a handy reference from GraphJam to help you out! I don’t…
On the Death of Facebook Friends: Some Reflections on Michael Spencer and Michael Johnson
I’m sure this is going to be more and more common a phenomenon as the years pass: I’ve now got two Facebook friends who are dead. Certainly I can’t be…
Showing the World that the World is the World: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 4 April 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 11 April 2010 (Second Week of Easter, Year C) Acts 5:27-32 •Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 •Revelation 1:4-8 •John 20:19-31 I recently revisited one of…
Bible, Tradition, Authority Part 2: The Power of God
Part 1: The Nature of God Thomas and Omnipotence A person reading the first fifteen or so questions from Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica might miss it, but it’s in there:…
Remembering and Understanding: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 4 April 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 4 April 2010 (Easter Sunday, Year C) Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25 • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43 • John 20:1-18 or Luke…
Getting it and Not Getting it: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 28 March 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 28 March 2010 (Liturgy of Palms, Year C) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 • Luke 19:28-40 I really like that, in this relatively brief story in today’s Gospel…
Thy Kingdom Connected: A Review for The Ooze Viral Blogs
Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks By Dwight J. Friesen 192 pp. Baker. $14.99. I think I have a new favorite…
Jackals and Owls and the Poor: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 21 March 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 21 March 2010 (Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C) Isaiah 43:16-21 • Psalm 126 • Philippians 3:4b-14 • John 12:1-8 What do jackals and owls and dragons and…
The Hoosier on Daylight Saving
When the government wants to spend a few bucks so that poor people can see a doctor, they call it Socialism. When the government wants to put a check on…
Complexity and Directness: A Response to Brian McLaren
Reviews and Interviews: A New Kind of Christianity Round-up I have to admit that I’m more star-struck than someone my age should be at the fact that a writer of…
Bible, Tradition, Theology part 1: The Nature of God
Once again I have Phil Rutledge to thank for an occasion to think not only about theology’s content but the ways in which I do theology. Responding to our recent…
Creation Doesn't Stop at Harvest: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 14 March 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 14 March 2010 (Year C, Fourth Sunday of Lent) Joshua 5:9-12 • Psalm 32 • 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 • Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 I love when the Lectionary readings…
Why Getting Plato Right Does Matter: A Follow-up on my McLaren Review
Sometimes folks who normally impress me with their breadth of vision and maturity ways of existing in the world slip into frames of mind that I can only call adolescent.…