Sabbath and the End of Work
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a child and was asked this question, I said I wanted to be a missionary astronaut. In one sense that’s a very...
Read More“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a child and was asked this question, I said I wanted to be a missionary astronaut. In one sense that’s a very...
Read More100 years ago, two miles from my house, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington was lynched just outside the courthouse in downtown Waco, Texas.[1] What came to be deemed...
Read MoreIn 1934, Dietrich Bonhoeffer addressed the ecumenical peace organization World Alliance for International Friendship through Churches in Denmark.[1] Centrally in this...
Read MoreIt is the sixth day of Christmas as I write this post—the sixth day of a holiday that celebrates the truth that our God came to be one of us, to shine as a light in an...
Read MoreI want today to explore further the question Lance raised earlier this week—“What is the task of [academic] theology in the Church?” The relationship...
Read MoreI am at the very beginning stages of a long journey in dissertation writing. In my usual meandering and often frustrating mode, I am beginning this journey with...
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