I can not tell you how often I start a book and find myself thinking “This is going to be great!” It doesn’t always turn out to be great… but there is almost always something in the 1st chapter that I would love to quote/riff on/incorporate. The problem is that the rest of the book … Continue reading »
My blogging energies have all been going to Neighbors and Wisemen over at HBC. A bunch of us are using it for a Lenten emphasis. I thought it would be good to post a list of them here so that if anyone wants to look into any of it, it is clearly cataloged. You can … Continue reading »
Last week I put out a fun challenge for Good Friday: repent of either-or thinking. It got a great response and a reader asked how one might pursue a conversation differently. After a decade of trial and error, these are the three things (appropriately) I have found most helpful in breaking down the inherited dualisms: … Continue reading »
In an ongoing search for a hermeneutical practice that is both healthy and accountable (meaning lifegiving without being merely devotional and scholarly without being dry) I have written quite a bit about the journey. I had a multi-part post a while back Part 1 Part 3 as well Moving Mountains & Signs that make you … Continue reading »
I have 35 days from this Monday (when I turn in my last paper) and when school restarts in January. I’m going to try and engage these 17 books – some of which I have read before and some of which are new to me. No Rising Tide by Rieger (Economics & Theology) Discovering an … Continue reading »
The old Stealers Wheels song says “clowns to the left of me – jokers to the right” , when I do watch the news I find myself humming “wingnuts to the left of me – nut jobs to the right” here I am stuck in the middle with you. Of course, it’s not that simple … Continue reading »
written for Homebrewed A few weeks ago Joerg Rieger (on Homebrewed Christianity) cautioned about a type of Christianity that was a cheerleader for the system, that reinforced the status quo, and participated in society in way that strengthened Empire. I have said before I come from a background where this type of thinking is not … Continue reading »
> These are the books that I have referenced more in the first 1o months of this year than any other. (I have linked the titles to Amazon) Top 10 Living in Color by Randy Woodley (Culture – Church)Making Room for Leadership by Mary Kate Morse (Leadership)Cross & Covenant by Larry Shelton (Theology) The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah … Continue reading »
