MLK50: An SBC Rorschach Test – A Conversation with Alan Cross
Martin Luther King Jr. is something of a Rorschach Test for Southern Baptists. Enter the recent MLK50 event co-sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC as evidence. Related posts: Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy Black Olive...
Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror
Recently a young friend mused in a text message, “Where are our (SBC) theologians?” His angst was palpable even if the question appeared on my phone. Related posts: Imprisoned Souls, They Don’t Know It: Cross-podcast featuring Jeffrey C. Pugh Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa...
The Sharks Did Not Get Us
Stunned. A couple of weeks ago I sat waiting in my Sunday Bible Study room and felt the urge to check on one of my friends. I had not seen a Twitter update in some time and hoped he had not lost his battle with cancer. He had. Related posts: Traversing Boundaries, Story, and the...
Come Sunday: A Conversation with the Reverend Carlton Pearson
No matter what else goes on during a week in the life of a preacher, a pastor, Sunday always comes on time. For many, likely most, Sunday anxiety does not come with wondering who will fuel the jet, maintain the vacation house, or gas up the boat at the marina. Often any inner conflict is...
Operating Out of a Different Narrative: God and Guns with Amy Butler and Teer Hardy
Just two weeks after the Parkland School Shooting my friend Mary Duren invited four people to contribute to a discussion on the right to bear arms. The traffic on his posts was poor. It seems the news cycle had passed. Related posts: Punishment Does Not Equate to Justice or, Jesus’ Weak Move in Mark 8...
Standing with the Sanitation Workers: A Reprise of Adam Clark on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Many teachers in Oklahoma walked out of their schools to the Oklahoma Capitol on Monday. They are still walking out. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The confluence of events should not lead us to think somehow the two events are identical. But, we should not miss...
Micheal Gerson on Evangelicals Provokes David French: A Conversation with Greg Horton
Rick Saccone sensed a closer than expected 18th Congressional District race in Pennsylvania’s Special Election. “They hate America. They hate God.” Related posts: The Value of Religion, Choosing Ignorance, and Identifying Arguments: An Interview with Greg Horton “Don’t Be Like Jesus” – Inverting WWJD (Pt. 2) Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Pledging Allegiance to People:...
What Are Pastors Searching For? A Conversation with Marty Duren
Maybe pastors still haven’t found what they are looking for. Related posts: Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview with Marty Duren Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts Pastors Fail? A Conversation with...
Come In and Sit Down
Coffee shops buzz with conversation. Sometimes it is experienced as white noise. Other times it forces great concentration. Not to make out the different subjects that are being discussed but to focus on the subject of, say, a blog post. Related posts: Anger Can’t Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry Marking Time: A Conversation with...
Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry
Who needs me? That may be a more helpful question today than, Who is my neighbor? Related posts: Anger Can’t Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Do the Next Right Thing: King’s Legacy as Metaphor with Adam Clark...
Gross, She Touched His Feet While Eating
Humans have the propensity to mess things up. Let me say that another way. Humans have a readiness to mess things up. Related posts: Underneath the Tunic or, What Do Rachel Held Evans and Rob Bell Have In Common? We Talk Too Much About Hobby Lobby – There Are Greater Dangers The Yellow Shirts, The...
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Stained (Glass) Heroes or, Dr. Patterson Is Only a Symptom
The canopy caught the wind. We slowly drifted toward the steel cable barrier that kept us a safe distance from the dam. Our anchors could not hold the 21’ pontoon boat from which we hoped to reach our limit of rainbow trout for the day. We pulled in our fishing lines. After firing up the...