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Holiness

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August 2023

August 05, 2023

Can Humans Be Holy?

In my work as a theologian, I study the language and traditions of Christian holiness....

October 2022

October 02, 2022

The Bento Box Rule of Life

If you were to look through my journals over the last few years, you would...

September 2022

September 26, 2022

All I Know of Holiness

The Nazarenes and Wesleyans who first gave shape to my faith taught me to care...

May 2022

May 13, 2022

Hugh of Saint Victor and the Two Threes of a Holy Life

Hugh of Saint Victor was a priest from 12th century Germany. He joined the Abbey...

May 07, 2022

Doing Theology with Integrity

Last week, in a blog about faith, I wrote the following: If we decouple self-awareness...

April 2022

April 20, 2022

Is Holiness Human? Lessons from Bulgakov

“Growth in holiness and ascent from grace to grace does not occur automatically, but actively…...

March 2022

March 23, 2022

Cyril of Alexandria and Divine Humiliation

The Humiliation of the Son of God “What kind of descent into humiliation is that?”...

March 02, 2022

What Is Ash Wednesday?

It's Ash Wednesday. What is that again? Today, Christians in the Western traditions begin the...

October 2021

October 13, 2021

Can a Place Make Us Holy?

Is there theological significance to belonging to a place? This question is on my mind...

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