Precision, Truth, Humor, and Conviction :: Thank You, Stanley Hauerwas

It is no secret that among my favorite theologians Stanley Hauerwas stands tall.  My closest friends who have read Hauerwas’s “work” recognize how my theology has been influenced by his thought, his cantankerousness, his wit, and, most importantly, his love for the church.  I am not just a “fan” of Hauerwas.  I have done my [...]

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Thoughts on Phyllis Tickle’s The Great Emergence

Before The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why appeared on the shelves at the local bookstore it was on my radar screen.  I’ve read Phyllis Tickle’s work in the past and have been amazed at her command of the language.  Her ability to translate complex ideas and vivid images into captivating prose is [...]

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Family Guy :: It’s Jesus Christ!

Jesus keeps showing up in culture.

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Fishing :: A Saturday Meditation

Something within fishermen tries to make fishing into a world perfect and apart–I don’t know what it is or where, because sometimes it is in my arms and sometimes in my throat and sometimes nowhere in particular except somewhere deep.  Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend more time [...]

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Thoughts…Assessing our Times

It wasn’t long ago that I read in Os Guinness’ book The Call these important words:
Our challenge is not just to see the mistakes of a previous generation, obvious because not ours, but to see as well the problem of our own time, far closer and therefore harder to see.
Those words have hung with me now [...]

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