Intersections

Collapsing our notion of grace … it is indeed all around us …

Finished! One of the pitfalls of a bibliophile (at least this bibliophile) is the tendency to read multiple books at a time. Micah and Kristen recommended Gilead some time ago. Patty finished reading it just after we purchased the book. I on the other hand had it in my … Continue reading

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Flies and Protestations …

Paul offered a couple of excellent posts. A clip from the first,

It’s said that while the Ottoman Turks were breaching the walls of
Constantinople the people were inside debating a theological issue.
The question was this: If a fly lands in holy water, does the fly make
the

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Do we listen to our own? … Maybe we should …

A number of years ago I took an on-line course from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with Dr. Grant Lovejoy. Grant taught the preaching lab I took during my M.Div. work in the late 1980’s. He spent his sabbatical in Africa working through the concepts leading to the course on, … Continue reading

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Apocalypse is revelation …

Images communicate powerfully. I read the following from Pete Rollins blog this morning and found it strikingly similar to a quote from John Franke’s, Barth for Armchair Theologians,

The question to be explored was how to bear witness and give glory to God without blurring the Creator-creature distinction

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Musical Worship …


"Have you seen "The Rock and the Rabbi?" Judith told Patty it would be worth the trip. Firday evening we made a date to go see the new off Broadway musical. Thanks to an arrangement with the producers and the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma we obtained … Continue reading

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