Today we celebrate Pentecost, which is a day that people from many nations heard words of hope to share together in a new experience of humanity. This is not a hope the world offers or a hope the world can … Continue reading
We’ve all had to deal with “that” person. You know, the times we need to get something done quickly and find out how what seemed straightforward is anything but. Sometimes there’s understandable reasons, life offers up a lot of complications … Continue reading
Read Isaiah 61; Acts 2; 1 Corinthians 12; 1 John 2:27 While I was in seminary and a little while after, I was working as a young adults pastor, with added responsibilities in teaching Christian education classes. I also helped … Continue reading
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18; Jeremiah 20:7-18; Acts 16:11-34; Ephesians 5:15-20 When I was in college, I experienced a roller coaster in my relationship with God. I went to a Christian school in the Chicago area because I felt God leading me … Continue reading
Read: Isaiah 61; Psalm 104; 1 Thessalonians 1 One of the big questions in pneumatology and Christian history is the direction of God’s work. Where does God’s help come from? Where do we see the emanating presence of God’s activity? Where … Continue reading
From what I can figure, I’ve been dealing with clinical depression for about 35 years. I started taking an anti-depressant for the first time in mid-October. I’m taking an anti-depressant because of the faith I have in Christ and the … Continue reading
Very excited Christian Theology in a Pluralistic World is finally out. I highly, highly recommend this as one of the best single volume texts on Christian theology for our era, engaging what it means to think theologically in light of … Continue reading
If our ecclesiology has been co-opted by the systems, then we cannot find liberation by revision within the systems as they are currently expressed. That perpetuates the system. It is thus important to assess the theological issues that led to … Continue reading
As part of my ordination examination, I was asked to provide a further response about ordination. Indeed, while I was affirmed in almost every way, the lingering question at the table was whether my calling included the particular element of … Continue reading
In late July, I preached a sermon on Psalm 88, which is one of the most lamenty of lament passages in the Bible. I sought to dig into the place of lament in our lives and how lament actually functions … Continue reading
