I got news from my editor last week. Lots of news, in the form of a 5-page, single-spaced email detailing the shortcomings of my first draft. I’ve got a lot of work to do. More than I’d thought. But, as I told him, I’m not averse to hard work. So the revisions will occupy the next 4-6 weeks of my life. Blogging will continue to take a back seat, I’m afraid. But I’ll be back here in force by September... Read more
This weekend, my family will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the little cabin in the north woods that my grandfather built. I wrote about it in the StarTribune: (more…) Read more
For years, Phyllis Tickle has told of her small Anglican outpost in Memphis, a congregation populated by many queers, bi, gay, lesbian, and trans* folks. In that last category, when a congregant transitioned from primarily identifying as one gender to the other, the church would have a celebration liturgy at the bathroom — that’s because the person they were celebrating was switching from one bathroom to the other. This week, Amy Butler, pastor-elect at Riverside Church in New York City,... Read more
Since I posted last week, we’ve made a couple changes to the next D.Min. cohort that I’ll be leading. I booked Phyllis Tickle to co-teach year one, and Lauren Winner and I will co-teach year three in New York City. Here’s the rundown: (more…) Read more
That’s the question that my friend, Lily Percy, asked me in the On Being studio this weekend. I was hanging out at On Being as part of the amazing Northern Spark Festival that takes place annually in the Twin Cities. It’s an overnight affair with hundreds of artists and over 50,000 participants. I was there to see the Ragamala Dance Company perform their “Sacred Earth” dance, which I found totally mezmerizing. The On Being recording studio was also open, and... Read more
If you’re in the market to study theology, then I’ve got some opportunities for you. At the M.Div. level, I am teaching Introduction to Theology next fall at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. (Click through to read more about the course and see the book list.) I’ve been named Professor in the Practice of Theology at UTS (still an adjunct position, which suits me). I’m really excited about teaching this survey course. It’s a hybrid course, so it... Read more
BMac’s new book comes out today. I had the opportunity to give it a close read last winter and to provide feedback on it. My endorsement reads, “This is Brian McLaren at his best, and I think this is what so many readers want from him: Deeply rooted in scripture, yet offering fresh, even radical, readings. WE MAKE THE ROAD BY WALKING will surely be a benefit and blessing to many.” I stand by that. Over the years, I’ve read... Read more
Some authors have the luxury of holing away and writing full time. Fellow Edinan, the late Vince Flynn, went to a rich guy’s pool house every day and wrote for 8 uninterrupted hours (this was before wireless, and he’d jammed a screwdriver into his laptop’s ethernet port to fight the temptation of the internet). I, however, am not such an author. Like most authors, I write in fits and starts between my several jobs, grading papers, coaching a baseball... Read more
If, like me, you’re in your 40s, you hung out with the Bradys every day after school — their astroturf backyard, their jejune peccadilloes, and their always-there, always-winsome housekeeper, Alice. Hank Steuver, a fellow GenXer and my favorite pop culture columnist, has penned a wonderful piece that is part tribute to Alice (Ann B. Davis), and part homage to growing up in the 1970s. Here’s a taste: (more…) Read more
Keith DeRose doesn’t think so. DeRose, a philosopher at Yale and correspondent with YFB, has posted a retort to Wright’s posture of both emphasizing the “Kingdom-Now” theology that he’s made famous, while holding onto a belief while holding onto a belief in a grim fate for unbelievers, set at their deaths. Among the strange (and not particularly biblical) claims that Wright makes regarding Hell is that the lost will devolve to a kind of subhuman state and will thus be... Read more
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