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Varying expressions of church
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4 min read
One of the most amazing things to me is the varying expressions of church that there are already. We allow in our minds the thought that Catholics and Baptists can both be worshiping on Sunday mornings. This doesn’t hurt our brains. But for some reasons, the modernists, the skeptics, and the trolls among us cannot…
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Chicken, Egg, or None of the above?
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3 min read
Our habit is to argue over the form and politics of our faith, but, as the question raised by the chicken and the egg might suggest, aren’t we looking in the wrong spot for assurance?
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Just dance
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2 min read
You have to admit it: Ellen DeGeneres is the epitome of honesty. Comedian, yes. Talk show host, yes. And yet, she’s honest. There is no character, nothing objectionable, and absolutely nothing fake. If you haven’t seen her commencement speech, you need to. It’s about 10 and a half minutes and it’s great. You can watch…
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Seminary Truths 103
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1 min read
If you are following my ongoing discussion of seminary (previous posts here and here), you might want to check out these other places, including this one from Tribal Church and a particularly good conversation at Sarx (as directed from the other link).
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Seminary Truths 102
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3 min read
I loved seminary. I continue to believe in it. I would be completely unprepared for the priesthood had I not done seminary. In fact, I might be the poster child for pre-seminary idiocy and indifference to the workings of the church. Seminary is the training ground, afterall, for the future leaders of the church. Seminary…
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Seminary Truths 101
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4 min read
A first in a series of posts about the nature of seminary–what it is and what it is not–and what it hopes to be in the future. This post deals with the charge of the primacy of politics.
Make a New Normal
