I have finally been given the green light to share some exciting news: I will be making a guest appearance on a particular BBC television series that many people know and love, centered on a famous fictional character! Have you guessed yet? Click through to read the details! Read more
Two more videos from the Easter service at Crooked Creek Baptist Church: Read more
I am grateful to my dear friends at Crooked Creek Baptist Church – Jessica and Tom Bartley, John Arnold, and Alan Peacock – for performing my song “Reality (In You I Live)” in church today, and to all those present who listened! Read more
I’m grateful to Mike Bird for sharing the above video. Christianity is a diverse global phenomenon – indeed, so diverse that Eastern Christians will be celebrating Easter on May 5th this year! And so sharing this song, with words characteristic of the Orthodox branch of Christianity, on the day that Catholics and Protestants celebrate Easter is a reminder both of our unity and our disunity. Happy Easter, even so! Read more
Phillip Long has posted an appeal for submissions for the next Biblical Studies Carnival – the last chance, as the end of the month is almost here! Read more
Thanks to Hemant Mehta for reminding us that it is not only Easter tomorrow, but also “Jesus, Take The Wheel” Day. I am pretty sure no one will be observing the occasion. But be careful out there, just in case. Read more
Doctor Who returned to our television screens today with the episode “The Bells of St. John,” offering a wonderful bringing together of old and new. Spoilers ahead. The bells of St. John turned out to be an interesting detail. While most of us were busy thinking about the famous nursery rhyme, the St. John Ambulance logo on the TARDIS provided the key. The Doctor is living in Cumbria in 1207 in a monastery. He is still seeking solitude and quiet,... Read more
I’ve made this point before (see especially my article for Religion Dispatches from 2008). But since Jim West has written a blog post suggesting that liberal Christians neglect exegesis when it comes to subjects such as same-sex relationships, I thought I would respond to him here, just as I have in a comment on his blog: We on the left have seen how a focus on exegesis rather than overarching principles has led to the defense of slavery, the forbidding... Read more
What exactly is the symbolism behind the custom of eating ham at Easter – of eating a non-kosher food to celebrate a story that is set against the backdrop of the Jewish Passover? Read more
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