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May 2013

May 15, 2013

Minnesota Rice

Friend and law professor Mark Osler wrote yesterday about the climate in Minnesota, both the...

May 13, 2013

The Future of “Evangelical”? Don’t Miss This Conversation

Over at Respectful Conversation, hosted by Harold Heie, an interesting conversation is underway regarding the...

May 08, 2013

Kierk Out

I may have been one of a handful of ministers who devoted his/her sermon this...

May 06, 2013

“Troubled Minds”: Mental Illness and the Church’s Failure to Address it

Mental illness is on our minds. Recently, Matthew Warren, son of mega-church pastor Rick Warren,...

May 03, 2013

“Emerging Prophet” and Kierkegaard’s Big Birthday

Søren Kierkegaard was born on May 5, 1813. In honor of his bicentenary, my publisher...

May 02, 2013

The Will to Live

Archaeologists excavating a trash pit at the Jamestown colony site in Virginia have found the...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

The High Cost of Cheap Clothes

Over 300 people have died in the garment factory collapse in Bangladesh. There are 50...

April 25, 2013

Boston Strong

As a longtime Boston resident, and one who still deeply loves that city, I so...

April 17, 2013

Heartbreak Hill

I lived in Boston 25 years and walked in the path of Monday's blasts many...

April 12, 2013

Reflecting on “The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work”

Does the ordinary work have eternal significance? Do the products and achievements of industry, art,...

April 03, 2013

TV Was Better When There Were Only Five Channels

David Brooks' New York Times column this week on same-sex marriage, entitled Freedom Loses One, could...

April 01, 2013

To Doctorates Outside the Academy: I Need Your Help

So allow me to do a little crowd-sourcing here. I'm speaking on a panel this...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

The Church of the Poor and the Humble, People’s Pope

When Pope Francis I declared, in his introductory sermon, that the Catholic Church would be...

March 27, 2013

Easy Easter Lamb

Now that Lent is giving way to the main event of Easter, the Feast of...

March 20, 2013

Morality is a Feeling I Feel

Wake Forest University president Nathan Hatch, marking the Sesquicentennial of Boston College, made a few...

March 13, 2013

A Man Had Two Sons

Envy is as old as humanity itself. In the first utterance of the word sin...

March 08, 2013

Relax, People: “The World is Not Ours to Save”

What are we going to do about all those fired-up youngsters who are running around...

March 06, 2013

Playing the Victim

While in Jerusalem last week, with plans to go to Bethlehem, the US State Department...

March 01, 2013

Holy Spirit Conference

I'm heading tomorrow to Regent University for a conference on "The Holy Spirit and the...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Quantity vs Quality

Today's guest post comes from Jim Wolaver, one of an excellent class of students from Bethel Seminary...

February 15, 2013

Just In Time for Lent

For 14 years I have preached an annual sermon series on the Church Fathers, those...

February 14, 2013

The IOC is Giving Up Wrestling for Lent

Cutting the oldest Olympic sport from the Olympics is a bad idea. But that's exactly...

February 13, 2013

Getting What You Pray For

Giving, fasting and prayer are the traditional Lenten disciplines due to Jesus' mention of them...

February 07, 2013

Anyone Can Change: A Westboro Baptist Defector Proves it

Anyone familiar with the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS (and who isn't?), knows that...

February 06, 2013

George Herbert

Just back from visiting a congregant at his workplace made me think about George Herbert,...

February 01, 2013

The Secret of the End Times in Matthew’s Gospel

Everybody wants to know the secret of the end times. John P. Meier, in his...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria Jan. 29, 2013 This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Revolution Against Assad's...

January 25, 2013

The End of Evil and Escape from Planet Earth

On the plane today I was reading Marjorie Suchocki's The End of Evil. A friendly flight attendant,...

January 20, 2013

A Murderous Monster’s Weapons Stash

How easy is it for an average citizen to acquire an arsenal of assault rifles...

January 18, 2013

Manti Te’o and the Construction of Identity in the Digital Age

Many are waiting with anticipation to hear from Manti Te'o either an explanation or a...