Monthly Archives: April 2012

stanley hauerwas

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

This morning I made the mistake of opening Hannah’s Child, the memoir of theologian Stanley Hauerwas, and I lost much of my day reading it. Hauerwas engagingly writes about studying at Yale Divinity School in its heyday (he arrived one … Continue reading →

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no app for that

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

I’m aware that I risk sounding like a ranting curmudgeon, but I think this entry for Our Daily Journey says something that I need to hear. I’d be interested if anyone thinks it’s too harsh. The target audience for ODJ is a 30 … Continue reading →

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the death of Charles Colson

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

I wanted to write something about the life of Chuck Colson, but since those who knew him already have that covered, I thought I might say something about his death. Many will say that Colson’s death is his final victory, … Continue reading →

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voluntarism vs. realism

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I’m prepping for tonight’s class on the nature of God, and one of the points we’ll be discussing is whether God has chosen to be what he is or whether what he is determines his choices. Philosophers call the first … Continue reading →

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let my people go (to Florida)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

I spent my last two spring breaks enjoying my Mennonite relatives in Sarasota. I knew there was a story in this “Amish Las Vegas,” and apparently the New York Times agrees.

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grand traverse

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

My family returned from another fun weekend in Traverse City, probably the most beautiful place on earth you’ve never heard of. The area has vineyards, cherry and peach orchards, islands, peninsulas, sand dunes, Petoskey stones, and a vast, unsalted ocean. … Continue reading →

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why would someone be a panentheist?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

This week I was chatting with Brian Mattson, a Th.M. student who is working in the new field of theological aesthetics. He is reading a lot of Hans Urs von Balthasar and David Bentley Hart. You actually don’t read the … Continue reading →

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seller beware

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Here is a draft for an Our Daily Journey devotional which I worked up over the weekend. I’m not real happy with the application (last paragraph). I’d like to also mention the positive aspects of buying (sometimes what we buy … Continue reading →

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death in evolution

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Last week I heard a professor from MIT say on television, “Three billion years ago, when we were reptiles….” The sentence struck me as very strange, stranger still because neither the host nor the audience batted an eye. Look at … Continue reading →

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the evolution of death

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

When I was writing my dissertation on H. Richard Niebuhr, I was confused by his use of the terms “creation” and “fall.” At times he seemed to distinguish them as separate events, while elsewhere he seemed to run them together. … Continue reading →

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