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January 2011

January 25, 2011

Athanasius: He took to Himself a Body

For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God entered our...

January 08, 2011

Free E-Book: Why Wine? A Biblical Portrait of a Sacramental Element

To Christians wine holds a special place among all drinks. It is the drink that...

January 02, 2011

Free Fall

I ran into this retelling of the fall of man. I thought you all might...

December 2010

December 23, 2010

An Amazing prayer from a victim of Nazism

This prayer was written by Nikolai Velimirovich who was imprisoned by the Nazis for speaking...

December 16, 2010

A new kind of Social Gospel: The web 2.0 x-mas story

I thought I'd post this just for fun!

December 15, 2010

Reframing the question “Are you saved?”

A few years ago I was sitting in my car on a summer evening. I...

December 14, 2010

The Gospel according to Coffee

Here is a recently recorded video I made that explains how I use explain the...

December 12, 2010

My Son likes to play in the Ocean!

Here is a video of my son Liam enjoying a little play mat. I just...

December 11, 2010

Saint of the Week: Ambrose of Milan

The church is filled with stories of unlikely, and sometimes unwilling leaders. Many times leaders...

December 10, 2010

Is Social Justice a liberal thing?

Social justice is a sticky topic, because it goes beyond helping people and focuses on...

December 09, 2010

I loved this video!

I just had to share it with you all.... Thanks to S_P for telling me...

December 08, 2010

What’s new about the new Calvinists?

I am not a Calvinist, I'm far from it in many ways. I did word...

December 07, 2010

Cyprian: “Hold what you have, lest another receive thy crown.”

“Confession of Christ does not make one immune from the snares of the devil. Nor...

December 06, 2010

Music: Without Your Love

Here is a song i wrote three years ago. It's been one close to my...

December 05, 2010

My Son’s Baptism

My son was baptized on the first Sunday of Advent this year. This was one...

December 05, 2010

Revelation and Advent: Waiting and Working

Revelation is a book that is troubling to many people. It's filled with images and...

December 04, 2010

Book review: New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical, by Johannes Nissen

New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical was written by Associate Professor of New Testament...

December 03, 2010

Prayer Before Studying

I am in the midst of prepairing for the end of all my classes here...

November 2010

November 28, 2010

Advent!

Today is the first day of Advent! This time of year is my favorite church...

November 21, 2010

Ephesians: Sharing in the Divine life

I read through Ephesians today, and I was struck by it in a new way....

November 20, 2010

Saint of the Week: Agnes of Assisi

Most people know about St. Francis of Assisi, the man who started the Franciscans and...

November 14, 2010

Is the Church important?

An Apostolic ArrangementOne of the things I have found amazing about Jesus' ministry is...

November 13, 2010

Luke: the Lost the Last and the Least

For those of us who follow the Sunday lectionary cycle Year C is quickly coming...

November 12, 2010

Alaska Worship

I thought I would let you know that there is a new CD out that...

November 11, 2010

Saint of the Week: Martin of Tours

Today the church in the west celebrates the life of an incredible man, Martin of...

November 08, 2010

Book Review: The Open Secret

The Open Secret by Lesslie Newbign (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995) is quite possible...

November 07, 2010

Guest writter Sumit Sen: The Fig Tree and the Temple

Today's post comes from Sumit Sen, a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church. I think this...

November 05, 2010

Saint Theophan on Sin and Temptation

I ran into this quote by Saint Theophan a few weeks ago,I liked it quite...

November 04, 2010

Book Review: Israel and the Nations

Here in Chicago James Chukwuma Okoye has been teaching at Catholic Theological Union since the late...

November 02, 2010

Who Were the Church Fathers?

Every week I post a quote from the church fathers, and try to ask a...