The Blind Men and the Elephant, Revisited
My pilgrim soul once undertook A journey of the mind To Hindustan, the mythic East The truth of things to find. Of blind men once a rhyme I’d heard Whose…
Do Justice and Love Kindness: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 30 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 30 January 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Micah 6:1-8 • Psalm 15 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • Matthew 5:1-12 When I started in…
Link Cadillac
Stanley Fish notes the similarities in the right-wing and left-wing criticisms of the modern university. Patrick Deneen calls for public liberal arts education, not careerist college education, for all citizens.…
Making Glorious: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011 (Third Sunday after Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll admit that…
I Link. I'm Gonna Kill Myself.
(Yeah, I’m proud of that title.) Who should determine the course of Christian theology–pastors or professors? (I guess no one’s arguing for bloggers or, um, English teachers.) A model for…
Christian Suffering and Divine Alienation
I know of no book more convicting than Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship; read this book closely and seriously enough, and you will likely have to stop calling yourself…
Whose Oracle? Which Prophecy? A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 January 2011 (First Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 29 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 3:13-17 I’ll confess that I’ve stopped…
Incarnation is History: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 January 2011 (2nd Sunday after Christmas, Year A) Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 • Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 • Ephesians 1:3-14…
My Aversion to Trinitarian Disputes: A Follow-up to Christian Humanist Podcast 36
If you’re a regular listener to the podcast (and if you’re not, you should be), you might have noticed that, when the subject of the Trinity comes up, I get…
A Link in our Armor
FAQ: Should I do graduate school in philosophy? (not an xtranormal clip) Hauerwas on Leithart on Yoder on Constantine. (HT Jeff Wright) Hey! You left out a very important site…
Jesus in the Far East: A Review of The Revelation of the Magi for HarperOne
Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men’s Journey to Bethlehem Translated by Brent Landau 157pp. HarperOne. $22.99 When I discovered Midrash as an undergraduate Bible minor,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #36: The Incarnation
Merry Christmas from The Christian Humanist Podcast! Our introductory narration is, as you may have guessed, from the 1977 Rankin-Bass Christmas classic Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey. The song is…
Jesus the Bastard: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 19 December 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 December 2010 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A) Isaiah 7:10-16 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • Romans 1:1-7 • Matthew 1:18-25 I’m sure somebody has…
Mary's Psalm: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 12 December 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 12 December 2010 (Third Sunday of Advent, Year A) Isaiah 35:1-10 • Psalm 146:5-10 or Luke 1:46b-55 • James 5:7-10 • Matthew 11:2-11 Because I…
Before the Link can Dry
Chris Heard makes a useful distinction between media of academic publication and the review process. O’Nora O’Neill reflects upon the fiftieth anniversary of C.P. Snow’s “The Two Cultures.” Roger Olson…