of shadows and epistemology
Photo by Glen Alan Woods Many things fascinate me. Echoes in a canyon. The interplay of form and light to illumine or mute nuances of an object. The perspective rendered […]
Tag Archives: Theology
wrestling with hope in a world of despair
Young children are remarkably resilient persons. It is as if God encoded into their childlike points-of-view the possibility that the future has great hope for improving on the present and […]
God is Infinitely Good: "Into Great Silence" excerpt
I reviewed “Into Great Silence” previously here. This excerpt lasts about five minutes and is one of the very few scenes containing speech. For the most part, the three hour […]
Children: Let’s Be Like Them
God listens when children pray. Intently. Although he knows the words they will quietly utter even before they form on the lips of each child, he attends to them as […]
What is the point of Easter?
I am sitting here thinking about the Easter season. I spent a few moments in a local dollar store looking for plastic eggs. I intend to use them in a […]
Book Review- Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
I finished my first reading of N.T. Wright’s book “Simply Christian” this afternoon with the full intent of reading it again. This volume is a magisterial and accessible treatment of […]
Walter Brueggemann Lecture Notes for "Remembering Beauty."
What follows is a sketch of my notes taken during this lecture. I will post my interaction with the notes in italics so as to distinguish my comments from Walter […]
Brueggemann Lecture: Post-Lecture Initial Thoughts
I just arrived home from this evening’s lecture at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. I will post the notes of the lecture later this weekend but I wanted to share some initial […]
How should we engage integrated theology?
The six disciplines that comprise an integrated approach to theological studies are: 1) Biblical Theology2) Exegetical Theology3) Philosophical Theology4) Historical Theology5) Systematic Theology6) Practical Theology While some might object that […]
