Dealing with “Alterations”
A few years ago the travel section of one of the newspapers did a lighthearted feature on some of the funniest English-language signs people had seen in cities around the world where English was not the first language. The only one I remember was a notice on the window of a tailor shop in an […]
Church Property Disputes
Recently I was talking with a friend who is a part of a “breakaway” Anglican congregation whose members are in a property...
Toward a Theology of Cremation
Someone wrote recently to ask me for my views about cremation. This is the second time I have been asked about this...
About Being a “Movement”
A group of us from several seminaries were meeting together, and someone made a comparison between Fuller Seminary and another theological school....
Honoring Ancestors
The subject of showing honor to ancestors is an important theological topic for Asian young people who are the first in their...
Praying–and Talking–about a “Calling”
Michelle Cottle has a problem with the idea that God “calls” people to run for high political office. Specifically, she is convinced that Texas...
Seeker-Sensitive Preaching and Karl Barth
I have been preparing a lecture on “seeker sensitive” preaching, and I decided to try to match wits a bit with Karl...
The “Earth” in “Earth Day”
Well, Earth Day 2012 has come and gone. I did not take part in any events specifically focused on Earth Day concerns—although I did...
Evangelical Ecumenism
I gave some talks on another campus recently, and someone observed to me that some of my best examples and quotations came...
Thinking about Tourism
Sorting through a pile of things on my desk this past weekend, I came across a brief report that I had set...
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