A Sign for a Feast: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 January 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 January 2013 (Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 62:1-5 • Psalm 36:5-10 • 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 • John 2:1-11 People in my Christian tradition, and…
The Family of Hope: A Reflection on the Lectionary readings for 13 January 2013
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 January 2013 (Baptism of the Lord, Year C) Isaiah 43:1-7 • Psalm 29 • Acts 8:14-17 • Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Promises concerning Israel’s future are about restoring a past that…
User Feedback Show to Record on January 8
Howdy, podcast listeners and blog readers! Six days from now, on January 8, Michial and Nathan will be recording the first .1 episode of 2013, and our sole…
Re-visiting Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus
First, let me begin by offering my gratitude to the folks that operate Christian Humanist. I’m flattered that they would entrust a portion of their web space to me and I hope…
The Need for Better Categories: An Essay on Hipster Christianity by Brett McCracken
Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide Brett McCracken 247 pp. Baker Books. $15.99. As is usually the case, I’m late to the game on this one. McCracken’s book caused…
Teaching Plato: Still the Best Gig I've Had
As with most things I’ve taught, I had no business teaching Greek philosophy when first I gave it a run. Sure, I had been a double-major in English and humanities…
What my Freshman Comp Students Teach me about Political Philosophy
Every fall, I teach the Honors Freshman Composition class at Emmanuel College, an opportunity that I do not take lightly. In the course of those fifteen weeks we learn together…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93: Christmas Specials
General Introduction – Who’s done? Who’s not? – Working on our Night Cheese – No housekeeping Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol – A Gilmour Family Tradition – Slapstick comedy—deferred – Tortured…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #92: Christian Fiction
Well, I lost the show notes–but feel free to comment on this post anyway. (Just adding some…
Pleasantly Uneven: A Review of A New Evangelical Manifesto for SpeakEasy Bloggers
A New Evangelical Manifesto: A Kingdom Vision of the Common Good Edited by David P. Gushee 240 pp. Chalice Press. $24.99. I’ll go ahead and shoot straight here: when I…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #91: Dystopias
General Introduction – Being-towards-the-end-of-semester – Emmanuels far and near – Thanks, Theology Nerd Throwdown! – Chess update What is a Dystopia? – Topos – Utopias and dystopias – The great…
A Guide into Peace: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 December 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 December 2012 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year C) Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4 • Luke 1:68-79 • Philippians 1:3-11 • Luke 3:1-6 Perhaps it’s because I’ve been re-reading Walter Brueggemann’s big Theology of…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #90: The Crusades
General Introduction – Dissertation guilt – Listener feedback – The Christian Humanist Chess League Background to the Crusades – The difficulty of Crusades history – The build-up – The Crown…
The Kingdom is Near: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 December 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 December 2012 (First Sunday of Advent, Year C) Jeremiah 33:14-16 • Psalm 25:1-10 • 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 • Luke 21:25-36 People who know me, in person or…
Witness, Firstborn, King: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 25 November 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page fr 25 November 2012 (Reign of Christ, Year B) 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18) • Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93 • Revelation 1:4b-8 • John 18:33-37 First the bad excuse: As some of you…