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October 2014

October 10, 2014

New Feminist Christianity [Book Week]

This fall I'm teaching Introduction to Theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities....

October 06, 2014

Balance at the Top of Fuller Seminary [Book Week]

I'm going to focus on books this week — some that I've read, some that...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

Same As It Ever Was

So, I took 6 weeks off of the Internet, and I feel fine. Didn't miss...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Making Trouble with Tickle, McLaren, and Winner

Since I posted last week, we've made a couple changes to the next D.Min. cohort...

June 13, 2014

Time for Some Theology

If you're in the market to study theology, then I've got some opportunities for you....

October 2013

October 02, 2013

Who’s Lightin’ It Up? The Burner Blog

A couple weeks ago, I started a Hump Day Series called "Got It Goin' On."...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

The Tragic Death of an Adjunct Professor

I've written about being an adjunct professor before. While I'm grateful for the three schools...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

Gay Students at Fuller Seminary

Fuller Seminary is both my alma mater (M.Div.) and a part-time employer (I teach a...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

Sacred Texts After the Apocalypse

Today, I've finished teaching the third in a three-year cycle of classes for a Doctor...

June 08, 2013

Cornhole Extravaganza

Two years ago, my Fuller Seminary D.Min. cohort made mincemeat of a motley collection of...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Fiction, Film, and Christian Spirituality

That's the topic of our gathering next month, when I meet with nine of my...

May 09, 2013

Evolution vs. Creation: I’m Over It

Last week, I attended and participated in a conference at Fuller Seminary called "Talk of...

May 08, 2013

Farewell, Dallas Willard

Dallas Willard has succumbed to cancer at age 77. I first met Dallas Willard in 2001....

May 02, 2013

Jesus Hugging Dinosaurs: Talking to Kids about Science…at Church

You may have already seen the above test, given to 4th graders at Blue Ridge...

April 2013

April 04, 2013

Obituary for the Residential Seminary

There's lots of talk around the Twin Cities about what's going on at Luther Seminary...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Mark Labberton Is the New President of Fuller Seminary

Fuller Seminary -- from which I received my MDiv and at which I currently teach...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Am I a “Liberal Christian” (According to Roger Olson)?

Roger Olson recently posted a piece on why he's not a "liberal Christian." He said...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

The Fuller Seminary of Malaysia

I've given three lectures so far in Malaysia. The first was on ministry uses of...

December 2012

December 05, 2012

Richard Mouw, Timothy Dalrymple, Same Sex Marriage, and the Common Good

It seems that I disagree with Tim Dalrymple on lots and lots of stuff. Nevertheless,...

December 03, 2012

Best Advent Hymns

In seminary, I took a class from then-provost-now-president Richard Mouw. He began every class with...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be – A Student’s View [VIDEO]

Tony Jones and Brian McLaren Teach in the BWCAW from tony jones on Vimeo. Tony...

June 22, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Five]

Finally, this: where one studies should be consonant with what one studies. Last week, we...

June 21, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Four]

I've listened to a lot of lectures in my day. Hundreds, maybe thousands. And I've...

June 20, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Three]

Seminary education as we know it is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was only at...

June 19, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Two]

I was fishing last evening with one of my friends/DMin students, and he said something...

June 18, 2012

What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part One]

On Friday, the above photo was snapped. I'd just come off the water with 10...

June 06, 2012

What’s at Stake in the Doctrine of Creation

A week from now, I'll be canoeing through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Richard Mouw to Retire from Fuller Seminary

I can't find it on the Fuller website yet, but here's the announcement that was...

May 16, 2012

Thinking About God’s Creation

I'm thinking and reading a lot about creation right now, in preparation for year two...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Twenty Years Ago: In LA for the Riots

I remember April 29, 1992 very vividly. I was a second-year student at Fuller Theological...