International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2012

“God Is God Because He Remembers” An essay read by Elie Wiesel on NPR’s All Things Considered, April 7, 2008

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Good Reasons

January 26, 2012

I have to admit, I was surprised when Tony asked me to guest blog while he takes a brief break. After all, nobody really knows me, I’ve never written a book, I don’t have my own blog, and I only comment after somebody else says something. But I have to admit I was flabbergasted to [...]

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Please Welcome Scot Miller

January 25, 2012

I’m taking a 6-day digital sabbath, my first in a long time. I’m spending a long weekend with Courtney and some friends, and I’m bringing nothing with me but books. I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve got a few posts set up for my absence. But mainly I’m handing the reigns over to Scot Miller. [...]

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Happy Birthday, Theoblogy!

January 25, 2012

On this day in 2004, I wrote my first post.  It wasn’t much of anything.  In the eight years since — 1,747 posts and 22,683 comments later – I’ve become less snarky. I hope I’m a better writer — I know I’m a better blogger. In celebration, I’m taking a digital holiday until the middle of next [...]

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Precipitating the Death of the Mainline

January 24, 2012

David Henson says, Bring It On! I do not fear the death of the mainline church.In fact, as a postulant for the priesthood in the Episcopal church, it excites me, and it is the precipitous decline of the mainline that, in part, draws me to ministry.Death can be a fertile ground for the Gospel. Indeed, [...]

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Slacktivist Asks SCOTUS a Question: Who’s a “Minister”?

January 24, 2012

Fred asks the questions that lower courts are going to be figuring out for years to come: Who’s a minister? And what’s a church? Say you’re the owner of a pizza place and you’re looking to hire a new delivery driver. You can’t put up a sign that says, “Jews Need Not Apply.” And you [...]

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A Mockumentary on the Emergent Church

January 23, 2012

What do you get when you mix a bunch of YouTube videos, interviews with a few ultra-conservative Christians, and some scary Danny Elfmann knock-off music? This:

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The Silence of Jesus (on Homosexuality)

January 23, 2012

I’ve been thinking more about the post I wrote last week about Daniel Kirk‘s new book, Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul?: A Narrative Approach to the Problem of Pauline Christianity. Daniel takes a generous but conservative posture toward homosexual behavior in chapter nine of his book, the chapter that I was asked to review. He gets [...]

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A Flat Church in Action

January 22, 2012

If I had the chance to do my dissertation research today, instead of 2005, there are a few other churches I’d use in the study. One of them would surely be Common Table in Washington, D.C., where Mike Stavlund and Co. are doing what they can to embody the flat church that I hope for [...]

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A Pentecostal Pastor Thinks Mark Driscoll Is Wrong about Women

January 21, 2012

Jonathan Martin weighs on Real Marriage and the Driscoll interview: To be clear, my reason for taking this on has nothing to do with Mark Driscoll personally, per se.  I have been just as passionate about defending women in ministry inside my own tradition.  (Those are other stories for another time—I just think its important to [...]

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