Multifaceted Witnessing
In my recent blog posting on the “golf bag” image of atonement theory, I thought I was clearly defending the essential nature of substitution. But several readers somehow took me to be waffling, particularly because I allowed that in some cases we might look for a “hole in one” by presenting the defeating-the-Powers aspect to […]
Small People, Little People
BP, as we all know, is in big trouble as the oil continues to spill into the Gulf waters. But recently the...
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...
Worship and National Holidays
A decade or so ago I wrote the piece below for the magazine Reformed Worship, in response to a request that I...
Fool-osophy
This piece originally appeared in The Christian Century.
I collect expressions of anti-intellectualism. I even consider myself to be a connoisseur...
Prayers: Closeted or Otherwise?
For this reflection, see my recent posting to Duke Divinity School’s “Call and Response” blog.
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...
Death as the Defeated Enemy
In my last blog I discussed cremation. I’ll stick with death-related thoughts for another time around.
In a presentation I gave...
Why Don’t Jews “Evangelize” Jews?
Bernie Madoff finally gave a public interview of sorts recently. Basically, he argued that bankers and others in the financial world were complicit in...
The Difficulty of Self-Knowledge
Here is a passage that I often return to, from the inaugural address of one of my presidential predecessors, Edward John Carnell:
Whoever meditates on...
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