You might be a squirreler if you…

Last updated on: April 24, 2006 at 5:21 am By Scot McKnight

Squirrelers, whether they are rednecks or not, are those of us who gather things and store them up for future use, even if they never use them. Are you are squirreler? You might be a squirreler if you… |inline Read more

Prayer for the Week

Last updated on: April 24, 2006 at 5:01 am By Scot McKnight

Praying with the Church is designed to provide a biblical basis for supplementing personal, spontaneous prayers by learning to use set prayers and to use them at set times. I call these prayers “sacred rhythms” of prayer. The book then introduces readers to the major prayer books of the Church. Here’s the prayer this week from The Book of Common Prayer as printed in Phyllis Tickle, The Divine Hours: |inline Read more

Just Dance

Last updated on: April 23, 2006 at 5:24 am By Scot McKnight

At Willow last night Mike Breaux presented the talk. He called it “From Walker to Walker” and traced the life of humans — who begin in walkers and end up (often enough) in walkers. It was a spirited and sensitive romp through the life cycle. Then he drew out three points: |inline Read more

Second Thoughts

Last updated on: April 22, 2006 at 10:06 pm By Scot McKnight

After reading the comments over the last few days about women and ministry, I’m now thinking this topic is impossible to carry on through a blog. Others can choose to blog about this. Read more

Singing at the Dame

Last updated on: April 22, 2006 at 5:27 am By Scot McKnight

Thursday afternoon Kris and I drove through the obnoxious traffic of the south side of Chicago over to South Bend, where I was scheduled for a TV interview at LeSea for their Harvest Show. We got in about 7pm and proceeded to check in and then headed for Notre Dame to take our daily walk. |inline Read more

Blogs of the Week

Last updated on: April 22, 2006 at 5:17 am By Scot McKnight

Bob’s back home again. I’ll stop raving about Jim Martin’s blog when he grows stale; no sign of that happening yet. Wise stuff, and a great post on a night he’d like to forget (except who cares about the Cowboys?). |inline Read more

Atonement: The Problem 2

Last updated on: April 21, 2006 at 5:41 am By Scot McKnight

The second chapter of Mark Biddle’s book, Missing the Mark, discusses sin from a very important angle: sin as the desire to be more than human. He’s not keen on making this simply hubris or pride or arrogance, but the inconquerable desire for humans to live within their limits and the attempt to be more than they are. |inline Read more

Heads Up, but Eyes Down!

Last updated on: April 21, 2006 at 5:17 am By Scot McKnight

For years Kris and I have walked every night around the lake in the middle of Libertyville. On weekends we walk at a forest preserve; during bad weather we walk at the local mall. But, we’ve made a sport of something about our walk: |inline Read more

Former Students

Last updated on: April 21, 2006 at 5:05 am By Scot McKnight

Seems I’ve heard from students a lot lately, and there is only one question: What do you think of The DaVinci Code. In the last ten days I’ve gotten about six or seven phone calls about this, and this is what I’m saying: |inline Read more

Study Breaks for Pastors: Yes!

Last updated on: April 20, 2006 at 5:50 am By Scot McKnight

I had lunch Wednesday with a former student from TEDS and now a thriving pastor in Ann Arbor, Ken White. Ken was one of those students who had the gifts to be either a pastor or a professor, and I’m glad he chose the former. He has been in the area for a week studying and getting spiritually refreshed. I consider study breaks for pastors (very) important. |inline Read more