Can we go back? Stanley Hauerwas and the place of Christian Ethics
What exactly is Christian ethics, and how is it to be understood in our lives and the life of our church? This is a question to which I have started to give serious...
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Worry Lines
Sitting in the noon light of the atrium, he locks his eyes on mine and says, “27? You look older.” The chatter of thirty lunching employees quiets to an indistinct...
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Remembered Death
The following post was originally written as a reflection for a talk on palliative care. It presents is my memories, five years later, on what it was like to sit with...
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The Body at Work
A pounding headache during the Easter Vigil, brought on by dehydration. Coming in late at night, cold and wet from a day out in rain and hail. A splatter of dog feces...
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March Madness
March is an emotional month in Edmonton, Alberta. After the long and cold winter, I am always looking forward to those signs of spring. This is ever more true for those...
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The Rise and Fall of Biblical Theology
“Modern exegetes are like us. They work and think at the end of a history. In this sense, the one thing that would be criticisable would be the naive claim of an...
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