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Posts Categorized: Theology
February 4, 2016
Stories of mustard seeds and mountains How the gospel showed up in a hospital roomWhat 80 years of church will do to a person by Sue Washburn I probably should not have had that third shot of espresso. My mind was going a million miles an hour. I paced as I made phone calls to… Read more »
January 29, 2016
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. Nothing is wastedHow I am learning to compost the rotten stuff that comes up in life by Derrick L. Weston In early December I took at day trip to a farm. The unseasonably warm weather made… Read more »
January 26, 2016
Relevant truth telling with a queer twist An equal measure of graceIt’s hard to be vulnerable when you “represent” a whole sexual identity, race, or gender. by Layton E. Williams Last winter, I had an unexpected conversation with a new friend. We had known each other only casually through our common Presbyterian circles, but she… Read more »
January 25, 2016
Seeking transformation through the renewal of our minds ‘We’ve always done it that way’An ode to ruling elders and what’s really going on when a church member resists change by Jeffrey A. Schooley As a relatively new pastor, I’ve heard the phrase “We’ve always done it that way” enough times to drown in it. No… Read more »
January 21, 2016
Adventures of a Presbyterian pastor on a Jesuit campus How I found resurrection in the Holy LandLessons from a trip to Israel and Palestine by Abby King-Kaiser When an olive tree reaches a certain age, it develops a weathered and gnarly bark full of wrinkles that I hope my face will carry some day, wrinkles… Read more »
January 20, 2016
One slightly unhinged pastor’s attempt to love (and laugh with) a slightly unhinged church, from the inside out. Why (and how) to kill a church programWant a healthier church in 2016? Prune the tree! by Joshua Bower Here’s a typical week for my family, on top of school and work: Monday is my daughter’s gymnastics… Read more »
December 7, 2015
Redefining where and when church happens Approaching Advent as if it were my firstWhat martial arts have taught me about my approach to faith by Mieke Vandersall “I am completely lost,” I informed my 200+ pound, burly, male partner in aikido just the other day. I wasn’t exactly asking him to be nice to… Read more »
October 12, 2015
A white man’s frank and repentant exploration of how racism finds a home in white folks’ souls. Racism is not a feelingHow the white soul has trained itself to define racism solely as conscious hate (and how it needs a new catechism on race) by Jeffrey A. Schooley A long time ago, when my… Read more »
October 6, 2015
Seeing without categorizing What new technologies can reveal about being the churchA close look at a new app called Periscope that invites users to experience “the world through someone else’s eyes” by Anita Coleman There’s a new app available, and it’s boasting that it will empower you to “explore the world through someone else’s… Read more »
September 28, 2015
Seeking transformation through the renewal of our minds When tolerant Christians can’t tolerate the intolerance of tolerant non-ChristiansWhy Christians need to give up on tolerance in favor of grace by Jeffrey A. Schooley To whatever degree titles are useful (and I suspect they aren’t all that useful), my life story goes something like this:… Read more »
