[Edited Twice] Lately I’ve been pretty under-the-gun with school work, and all the extra things going on. I don’t have much time to do some of those I love doing. I hope to write soon about all the stuff I’ve had my hands in but for now
Continue reading →Part two on FAQs of a Theologian: Answering “What are some good books (and why) that can help me get started in biblical hermeneutics?” This post focuses on the books part of the question. From Dr. Chris Spinks After all of this let me list a few good books that
Continue reading →This two part article has been contributed by Dr. Chris Spinks. I’ve broken up the question and post into two portions. I’ve been asked to contribute to the “ask a theologian” series. Here’s the question as it was asked to Wess and now to me: “What are
Continue reading →It’s only been a week since I did my first Q & A here, but the response was great and everyone seemed to be pretty excited about having basic questions answered here. So I’ve gone and changed it a little to make it a bit more interactive, and
Continue reading →UPDATE:10.24 There have been a number of issues that came up over the future of the Daily Scribe, a religious blogging community aimed at “content” driven bloggers of various faith traditions, an aggregator driven site with 49 members a part of the community. Shawn Anthony of Lo-Fi Tribe
Continue reading →Here are some posts from around the religious globe of the Daily Scribe. * Mike from Thoughts on Spirituality, Liturgy and Religion points to a couple articles about Harry Potter and the Communion of the Saints. * Over at Kesher talk there’s an interesting commentary on “Manly Virtues.” * And speaking of
Continue reading →I’ve had for sometime the idea to write posts based on questions I am asked via email or questions that people ask google and somehow land on my site. In fact I’ve been compiling some questions since early this summer on my Theo.edit (my wiki). Thus I
Continue reading →I had the opportunity to read a fascinating and very thought provoking book this past week called, “Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice and the Domination System.” The basic idea of the book is taken from Walter Wink’s idea of the “powers and principalities” which consist of the “spiritual dynamics
Continue reading →In keeping with the conversation at bay, MacIntyre’s words on protest are fitting. In his seminal work “After Virtue” he focuses on arguing how and why the “Enlightenment project” failed. Essentially it is because the modern period has stripped away from humanity any social context in which to couch
Continue reading →Much gets said about protest, some people like protesting and fill their lives with it, some have extremely negative feelings and argue it’s a waste of time and something Christians should not do. I’d like to briefly discuss what it means to be focused on the “Yes” of
Continue reading →Here we find ourselves finally in October, my favorite month of the year (mainly for selfish reasons). Some good things about October are the fall (which typically means leaves turning beautiful vibrant colors), cleveland browns football, oktoberfests, halloween, (my birthday), and the return of cooler weather. However, in LA there
Continue reading →While at the politics and spirituality conference we got to hear Wallis, Richard Rohr and Anne Lamott speak. They were also given time after their talks to answer questions from them audience. This gave a bit of a chance for the rest of us to interact a little with the
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