The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #17: Critical Theory vs. Great Books
General Introduction – Congratulations to David Grubbs, teacher of outstanding merit – What’s on the blog this week? – Buy our stuff! Renaissance and Reformation Education – Religious education –…
A New Kind of Hegelianism
Nathan Gilmour has (publicly and privately) referred several times to Emergent theology—or, so I’m sure not to oversimplify a complex and varied intellectual movement, to the version of Emergent theology…
Commercial Break!
A few episodes back, in a wicked jab at the annual NPR radio fundraisers, we jestingly offered to send a listener a Christian Humanist windbreaker. It started as a joke,…
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…
Hobbits, Monsters, and Augustine
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. And so he did: Bilbo Baggins, that is. However, the opening sentence of Tolkien’s story could just as easily describe…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #16.1
Another Gilmour-less episode. It may be until tomorrow before it gets added to iTunes, etc. I’m sure you’ll recognize the theme music. General Introduction – No Nathan – What’s on…
Loose Thoughts on the Texas School Book Controversy
I have followed the battle over Texan history textbooks with less passion than the topic probably deserves, partly because of some recent hitches in my own education and partly because…
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…
The Earth Is Hard, but the Treasure Fine
For a variety of reasons—beyond and in my control—I don’t have the time to devote the space to this topic that it deserves, but I should say something, anyway. You…
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…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 16: Christian Colleges
Our theme music for today is “Hide the Beer, the Pastor’s Here” by the Swirling Eddies (Outdoor Elvis, 1989), undoubtedly the best song ever written about Christian colleges. Stay tuned…
The Raised Stone Speaks
March 17 is the Feast of Saint Patrick. (Seriously. What did you think I was going to write about? Saints are, like, my one schtick, especially those affiliated with Britain.)…
Alienation, Existentialism, and the Theological Hole
Alienation is such a major fixation for existentialists that it can be easy to forget that they didn’t invent it. (Students, like me, of Christian existentialism are more likely to…
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…