Episodes: Masonry

Anger Can’t Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry

Long before electronic billboards, the Internet, and mobile apps, the bumper sticker served as a means to communicate how a person saw the world. Eddie Chiles radio commentary sign-off triggered a spate of bumper stickers that exclaimed, I’m Mad Too, Eddie! Related posts: Trifle Not – Thoughts from the Edge From Isolation to Relationship, An...

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Making Advent Great Again #MAGA: A Conversation with Emily Hunter McGowin

Who knew the sloganeering of a Presidential campaign would afford us a way to highlight the great mystery of the Incarnation? Consider it much like the Apostle Paul flipping, “Ceasar is lord,” to, “Jesus Is Lord.” Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Do You Believe In Magic? Or,...

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Surviving the Bible: A Conversation with Christian Piatt

The Youth Minister gave a new meaning to, “throw the book at him.” Originally the phrase meant to charge someone with as many crimes as are possible. Consider it throwing all the law at someone. Maybe, that is in fact what happened. Rather than take his questions seriously, the Youth Minister found it easier to...

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This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry

The idols we create become burdens too heavy to bear. Scott Curry references Walter Brueggemann on Isaiah 46 to point out the caricatures we create for God become the idols in our heads that let us down when suffering comes. Related posts: The Circles of Faithful Presence: An(other) Interview with David E. Fitch Black Olive...

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The Last American Virtue: A Conversation with Greg Horton

The last sacred thing is choice–individual choice. That line in a recent Facebook Post prodded this conversation. Related posts: Blue Occupations, Black Bodies and Homelessness: An Interview with Jonathan Russell Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation Pledging Allegiance to...

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Backsliding Into All Souls Day

Few weeks hold as many consecutive references to events or celebrations in the Christian Calendar. Reformation Day. All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Do you find the reference to all worth considering? Related posts: Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam...

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Reformation Day Giveaway – Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography

Weighing in on the Reformation reveals opinions as diverse as what to make of the recent indictments handed down by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Team. Related posts: Natural Anger, Natural Fear – Boston and Beyond Don’t Blame Musburger We Need a Revival of/in the Fourth Estate or, Stop Blinging the News You’re No Billy Graham...

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I’ll Push You . . . To Go See the Movie

Finally, a movie that gets the church right. You only get one night to see it in a theater. This Thursday. Related posts: Learning from the “Formerly Scary Other,” Or Difference Brings Clarity Marvel(ing) Over The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Shelved the Church Fathers or, Bittersweet Acquisition from a Friend Join the Protest, “Christ Is Risen”...

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Not Just a Nerdy Endeavor: A Conversation with Eric Hall and Nathan Gilmour

One could not tell by the onslaught of published books that the Preacher of Ecclesiastes dictum still holds true. There is nothing new under the sun. Related posts: What Does Socrates Have to do with Preaching? or, Too Nerdy for Jason Micheli Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Mr. Miyagi, Joan of Arc...

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When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli

Many people only know John 3:16. Explaining the importance of John’s use of the word sign requires too much work. After all, if anything we know of recent events, signs and symbols point to different things for different people.  Related posts: From Isolation to Relationship, An Interview with Dave Miller Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy,...

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Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren

Often a Pastor is concerned with answering human beings search for meaning. What happens when pastors go searching? Related posts: Diagnosing the Current Normal of the Church: An Interview with Tom Ingram Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke Listening to the Nones and Dones: A Interview (Reprise) with Rob Davis The...

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Love God with All Your Mind or, This Is Not That

Dallas Willard contended that Jesus was the smartest human being to ever live. Some quickly respond, “Duh, he was God.” Related posts: (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote Voter’s Reflection Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross Christian Identity – Guest Post from The Ex-Reverend Louisiana College – The...

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