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October 2017

October 05, 2017

The Bible and the Story

Today I was trying to do a quick dive into Luke 24 to grab a...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Technophobia

If we weren't so busy fussing about shifts in geopolitical climates and trying to stay...

February 11, 2017

Love Your Enemy: Thoughts on Donald Trump

What I see when I look at our president is someone who has never known...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Circle of Moral Responsibility

Who is my neighbor?

January 20, 2017

The Good News of Inauguration Day

Today is the day that many of us have been dreading. And, yes, many have...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Litany for Peace

A Litany of Confession & Peace

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Webinar on the Human Christ

Webinar on A Man Attested by God now on YouTube.

October 04, 2016

Theological Interpretation and the Problem of Whiteness

"White makes right" makes for bad readings of the Bible.

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Scripture: Our Father & Mother’s Unruly Child

Scripture doesn't replicate the theology of the church that birthed it.

September 17, 2016

Gentile Transformation: In Conversation with Wesley Hill

Included people are invited to a transformed morality even as they transform the ethics of...

September 09, 2016

From C. S. Lewis to the Synoptic Jesus

Liar, Lunatic, Lord--or Messiah? Reimagining possibilities for Jesus.

September 08, 2016

Like a Child

Mark 10:15 means this.

September 07, 2016

Jesus the Key?

What difference does Jesus make for how we read the Old Testament?

September 06, 2016

1 Timothy: Money, Paul, Jesus

When Jesus speaks through 1 Timothy.

September 04, 2016

Remembering and Hope

What we need is for God to remember.

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Changing God Changes Us

When the Lectionary gives you contradictory pictures of God, slavery, and hating parents all on...

August 18, 2016

Checking In on Sodom

The story of Sodom depicts the greatest threat to the church today.

August 13, 2016

There is Enough?

There is enough—but how do we believe that and live that as a people?

August 11, 2016

Inestimable Human Worth

Making a claim for Jesus that is a hundred times more scandalous than his divinity.

August 10, 2016

The Summons and the Warning

With God's summoning us to justice there is a warning for deaf ears.

August 09, 2016

Four Ways to Miss God

We miss God precisely where we are most confident that we can find him.

August 08, 2016

Is Meaningful Biblical Spirituality Possible?

Is the Bible too particular and specific to give us a meaningful spirituality?

August 01, 2016

Use Your Imagination…

What any of us think about God beforehand is the single greatest determining factor in...

June 2016

June 11, 2016

Jesus Stories

The Gospels are a latent power, waiting to explode our preconceptions of what Christianity must...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Does God Have Gender?

No, God does not have sex. But gender?

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Being Right

For some people the only thing that matters is being right. People like me.

April 25, 2016

Oedipus Text: Canon, Creed, and Post-Colonized Interpretation

In my previous post I issued a strong warning against allowing the church's "rule of...

April 22, 2016

Colonizing Biblical Interpretation

The rule of faith colonizes the Bible--silencing its own ancient voice as well as the...

April 19, 2016

Who Can Forgive Sins?

"Who can forgive sins but God alone?" --Scribes "You mean besides John the Baptist?" --Mark

April 15, 2016

Purity and Participation

When I was in a conservative Presbyterian denomination there was never the Lord's Supper observed...