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PCUSA and Here Comes the Sun: Listening for the musicThis past weekend I had the chance to speak to the Seattle Presbytery as part of their Presbyfest event for laity, deacons, ruling and teaching elders. Needless to say, the conversations from the Fellowship meeting in Orlando and the formation of the Evangelical Covenant Order (ECO) was weighing on people. I wrote a bit about the recent discussions in a previous blog posting, but at this event … There’s more to read here. Advent Week III: Pink is Punk – Mary and Rosa Parks show us the wayOne of the factoids regarding Christmas is that the “colors” of Christmas are not red and green. As much as I love the red and green themes of everything from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, A Charlie Brown Christmas to the Rankin and Bass stop-motion classics like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, the colors of Christmas are traditionally…. wait for it… purple and pink. Yup… you heard me correctly… … There’s more to read here.
Posted in Advent, church, Flobots, Martin Luther King Jr., rosa parks
Tagged Advent, Christmas, Flobots, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks
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The future of the Church is the future of the seminary: looking through the correct end of the telescopeThere have been a recent spate of posts in the media and blogosphere trying to get at the so-called “Future of Seminary Education”. The web portal Patheos.com has sponsored a large online symposium addressing the question that continues to grow. As a seminary graduate, faculty member at a few seminaries mentioned in the discussions as well as the Associate Dean of a seminary that is trying to see what the … There’s more to read here.
Posted in church, emergent, existential musings, faith, seminary education, Uncategorized
Tagged church, Emergent, pastoral vocation, seminary education, theology
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Can you love God without a political party? Freedom of the Self and ‘Republicanity’In the introduction to my book Freedom of the Self, I open with a story regarding Rembrandt’s famous 1642 painting “the Nightwatch” I heard while viewing it a few years ago in Amsterdam that frames—both literally and figuratively—my concern with the church today and, in particular, a misguided loss of personhood for many faithful people. Those who have seen many of the 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt Harmenszoon … There’s more to read here.
Posted in church, culture, Freedom of the Self, Jesus, missional, Models of the Church, theology, Uncategorized
Tagged church, culture, Faith, Freedom of the Self, Michelle Bachmann, pastoral vocation, politics, republican, shibboleth, theology
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3 Things U2 has that the Church needs: Life after Emergent and the “Iron Maypole” movements
Posted in art, belief, Bono, church, theology, U2, Uncategorized, Your Neighbor's Hymnal
Tagged bono, church, Jesus, music, theology, U2, Your Neighbor's Hymnal
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Smallville finale and claiming our baptismal identityAnother epic television narrative arch has been completed in classic bildungsroman fashion with a boy who has finally grown up and (literally) taken flight. Almost a year to the day that LOST completed its saga and resolved all the mysteries of the universe it spun for six years with a call to love beyond the grave, the decade long saga of Smallville finally paid off its promise and waited to … There’s more to read here.
Posted in art, Baptism, church, Comic books, faith, Smallville, Unbreakable
Tagged Baptism, church, Comic Books, Smallville, Smallville finale, Unbreakable
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Stained and poured out: Baptismal vows, Acts 15 and being the stained community of GodThis past week I have been fortunate to be with a group of good friends of pastors, elders, and professors through a program called the Re-Forming ministry project through the PCUSA. We have had some rich, at times challenging, and ultimately humbling and unifying discussions. Through breaking bread together, laughing together, at times weeping together, and worshiping God together, strangers have become friends and these friendships are changing the way we … There’s more to read here.
Posted in Acts 15, Baptism, church, Eucharist, Freedom of the Self, friendship, kenosis, missional, O Brother Where Art Thou, PCUSA, Re-Forming Ministry
Tagged Acts 15, Baptism, Bible, church, kenosis, O Brother Where Art Thou, PCUSA, Re-Forming Ministry, theology
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Glasgow, the stoning of Stephen and a lack of theological imaginationDoug Gay, a colleague who teaches Practical Theology at University of Glasgow, recently posted a citation on his Facebook page from Alastair Gray’s stunning 1981 novel Lanark that gave voice to much of what I been wrestling with for the past two weeks. For those not familiar with Lanark, it is reminiscent of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses with echoes of … There’s more to read here.
Posted in Alastair Grey, belief, Bible, books, church, culture, economics, facebook, Glasgow, Jesus, Lanark, missional, theology
Tagged Alastair Grey, Bible, books, church, economics, existential musings, facebook, Lanark, literature, theology
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top ten albums of the decade – a long ode to 9/11Where were you on September 11th, 2001? As for me, I was nine hours ahead of my family and friends in Seattle as I was finishing a day of work. Sitting in my office in the Divinity faculty at the University of Glasgow, I received a phone call from Diana saying that “something was happening in New York” and that I should log onto the computer. An hour later I … There’s more to read here. Top Ten Albums of 2010 – a season of light and a season of darkness“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So wrote Charles Dickens in the opening line to The Tale of Two Cities. And yet this is only the beginning. As the rest of the sentence continues:
Posted in art, church, existential musings, faith, Glee, music, Music Writing, television, theology, top ten, U2
Tagged art, church, Emergent, music, theology, top ten 2010, U2
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