The Challenges of Thankfulness amidst a “Stink-Bomb Crap-Fest”
I haven't posted in a while, but I've had good reason. These last few months have been extremely busy as my family has struggled to catch up on missed work…
Liberal Evangelicals and the Realities of Ubiquitous Social Connectivity
We all know the general narrative that is spun around social connectivity; as the world becomes more socially connected we expect social barriers to fall. As activists around the world…
Christ and Culture, by H. Richard Niebuhr
Though the text came out in 1951, the content of Christ and Culture grew out of a series of lectures H. Richard Niebuhr gave to seminarians in 1949. Many of…
Why I Care Very Little that my Minister is a Heretic
Well, he is. There's no denying it if you heard his sermon on Pentecost Sunday. He's a confirmed Modalist, and I have very little doubt that most everyone reading this…
Apologetic Patriotism
Every Fourth of July I end up thinking about this topic, knowing full well that lots of Evangelical churches across America are reveling in "Old Glory" and hosting "God and…
Churches Aren’t Corporations and Christians Aren’t Customers
OK, full disclosure; this title is a rip-off of a Rebecca Schuman piece that ran last month on Slate.com. It's a great editorial entitled "College Students are not Customers: a…
Summer Series 2015
May is my busiest month as I work to put in our 900 square foot garden and finish reading the last stack of term papers, and as it draws to…
Looking for Converts, Not Heretics
I don't much listen to music when I run or work in the garden; instead my iPod is full of sports, science and politics podcasts. The sports shows I subscribe…
Lingering Over Lent
We've had quite a winter here in Montreal. My snow-blower has been getting more than its usual workout. So we've been looking forward to the beginning of spring this year…
The Problem with Pigeonholes
Sorry folks, but you'll have to tolerate some philosophical table setting before getting to the LiberalEvangelcial point and payoff. So many of our day-to-day duties involve sorting. Sorting is one…
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