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The Avett Brothers, Confessional Singing, and a not-so Community of Strangers
Last night I had the privilege of standing in the Fox theater with a group of friends and strangers listening to a free show by the Avett Brothers. It was great, the seats we found were stage-side and the air was electric. As I stood along side my wife and in the community of my [...]
Ahhh, the Return
So here I come. I’m on my way now to a full and right recovery on the writing, v/blogging and podcasting front. After graduating Candler/Emory and running golf camps full-time all summer, the re-emergence of thought life in this genre is about to happen. In the next few weeks I may recycle some of my [...]
Help Wanted!: A Christian Response to the Oil Spill
The other night while watching the show Life I was amazed. There were these ants that would eat these mushrooms and then rush off to die under trees where new mushrooms would sprout from their dead heads. I mean, when it comes to tv, this is serious stuff. So serious in fact, that it seems [...]
New HUGE Podcast: Bishop John Shelby Spong, Phyllis Tickle, and Brian McLaren
This week we have Brian McLaren, Bishop John Shelby Spong, and Phyllis Tickle talking about Christianity through their lifetime and into the future. It’s an all star cast at an unbelievable price. I’d would encourage you all to check where you can buy your copy of my co-host’s book, The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from [...]
Theology After Google: After Thoughts on the Claremont 2010 Gathering
For three days this week, I was with a group of new friend and old friends trying to imagine together how theology in the googley age might emerge. At the end of the day, one if the most powerful aspects of the event was the experience of the settling in on the face to face [...]
A Rant of Sorts: Grappling with Religious Belief, Belonging, Exclusion and Community
Recently I’ve been having some pretty fascinating conversations about what it means to belong to community. In fact, just this week I sat in room full of colleagues and debated whether or not someone needed to become a member of a local church in order to be considered a full participant. The whole conversation left [...]
Brad East: On Coherence in Christian Teaching: Hospitality, Truthfulness, and Speaking as Yourself
Here is another great article from a friend and guest blogger Brad East. Like myself, Brad is a second-year MDiv student at Candler School of Theology. Hailing from Austin, Texas, with his wife Katelin, Brad plans to go on to doctorate work and to teach and write at the university level. His academic interests include [...]
Philip Clayton vs. Academic Theology: The Postman Revisited
Philip Clayton equals Kevin Costner as epic hero. In recent conversations with Philip (listen to podcast here), and with others (see AAR 2009 or HBC podcast), Clayton has really begun to push against academic “ivory tower” theology as being too disconnected from the kind of theology that is really necessary or capable of meeting the [...]
Derek Koehl: Why Emergent Must Never Have Anything to Say
Welcome to the first guest blogger of the new year. Over the next several weeks you’ll get to meet a new group of my friends, theologians, philosophers, artists, and bloggers. I hope you enjoy interacting! This week we meet Derek Koehl. A scribbler of verses, words, and random thoughts, Derek Koehl is also a master [...]
Haiti: Abduction, Adoption, or Arrogance?
Some friends and I have been pondering on my Facebook profile about the recent allegations of child trafficking in Haiti. Of course by now you would recognize the allegations that have been levied against a group of well-meaning Baptist from Idaho. Today in my class on Ethics, we spent a good deal of the time [...]
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