For Our Instruction: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 5 December 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 5 December 2010 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year A) Isaiah 11:1-10 • Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 • Romans 15:4-13 • Matthew 3:1-12 There was a…
Expecting beyond Imagination: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 28 November 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 28 November 2010 (First Sunday of Advent, Year A) Isaiah 2:1-5 • Psalm 122 • Romans 13:11-14 • Matthew 24:36-44 I’ve read in a number…
Eat, Link, and Be Merry
Gene Fant talks University Statements of Faith. Why Sherlock Holmes matters. Are non-overlapping magisteria a myth? Fred Sanders counsels writers on learning the craft. Aikido and the Art of the…
Some Thoughts on Radicalism: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 21 November 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 21 November 2010 (26th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 1:68-79 • Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Psalm 46 • Colossians 1:11-20 • Luke…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #32.1: Church Music Revisited
General Introduction – Where’s Michial teach again? – Stuck in the middle with the soulless Calvinists – The plan for November Talking Back, Not Bach – One hand in the…
On Emotion and Worship
I figured our discussion on last week’s podcast, in which we proclaimed that the most important part of a hymn or worship song is the doctrinal content and that emotional…
Stop with the Nicene Creed? A (Brief) Further Reflection on Heresy
In last week’s episode (number 31) of the podcast, one of our discussions related to doctrine and dogma had to do with the category of heresy, one that Michial and…
It's Like the Christian Version of Memorial Day: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 1 November 2010
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 1 November 2010 (All Saints’ Day, Year C) Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 and Psalm 149 •Ephesians 1:11-23 •Luke 6:20-31 I know that usually the weekly lectionary post…
The Broken Mystery and the Deus Obliviscitus
Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective story with “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” but was already bored with the genre a year later, when he published its sequel, “The…
They's Justice, and then they's Justice: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 31 October 2010
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 Links We Carry
On Joel Marks’s conversion to “desirism” How the recent suicides have changed Evangelicals’ treatment of homosexuals. Jeremy Beer (who has a great name) calls for fresh scholarship on the taxonomy…
Economic Reality and Gospel Proclamation: A Response to "The Just One Challenge"
“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…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #30: REVENGE!
Our theme music this week is Ted Leo’s “The Sons of Cain,” from 2007’s Living with the Living. Does it remind anyone else of Hey Dude for some reason? General…