The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #39: Town and Country
General Introduction – New segment: Michial Farmer’s world of women’s fashion – Thanks for not writing in – Why Nathan is the left-leaner amongst us – What’s on the blog?…
Murder, Adultery, and Swearing: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 February 2011 (Sixth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20 • Psalm 119:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 • Matthew 5:21-37 I…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #38: Nationalism
We hope you enjoy our fight in the final segment! General Introduction – Nathan Gilmour does it all – Where’s Grubbsy this week? – Is there a difference between Iowa…
A Metaphor Incarnated: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 February 2011 (5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 I’ll…
Link, Link, Nudge, Nudge
David Brooks presents a case for disagreeing and meaning it without calling one’s interlocutors ugly names. Walter Brueggemann calls for more emphasis on public Scripture-reading on Sunday mornings. Some praise…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Link Elephants on Parade
How Moby-Dick prefigures Nietzsche. Alasdair Macintyre criticizes Research-I universities for not really being universities. Jay Bennet, Super-Calvinist, says, “Get the Christ out of Christmas!” A Message from your University President…
Science Hit-and-Run
Theoretical Breakthrough: Generating Matter and Antimatter from Nothing “Under just the right conditions — which involve an ultra-high-intensity laser beam and a two-mile-long particle accelerator — it could be possible…
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…
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…