Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt. Foreword by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Plough Publishing House, 2015. Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842–1919) was born in Möttlingen, Germany, at the very time his father, Johann Christoph Blumhardt, was engaged in the amazing...
Apr 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve long had a collection of psalms I refer to as “My Psalter.” These are the psalms that have become extra special to me, that I have lived into deeply, meditating on them “day and night.” The Book of Psalms is my favorite in the Bible and I regularly pray through...
Apr 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
“There is perhaps no greater tragic irony than the scene that was surely played out at numerous black lynchings when both the lynchers and the lynched ostensibly cried out to the same God, the God of Jesus Christ.” Introduction In her book The Very Good Gospel,...
Mar 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-074-16 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 “HE HAD A CRITICAL ABILITY TO COPE WITH OTHER VIEWS” – REINHOLD SEEBERG In this age of American hyper-identity politics and the resulting disintegration of political and religious discourse, Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Luke records a story (14:15-24) where Jesus is tacitly invited to speak about the invitation list for the "banquet in God's Kingdom." For our purposes here, the "banquet in God's kingdom" loosely refers to our eschatological views (e.g.,...
Mar 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m indebted to my friend Brad Jersak. There are many reasons why I’m indebted to Brad, but on this specific occasion, it’s because a few months ago he gifted me a free copy of the audiobook version of his latest book The Pastor: A Crisis, co-written with Paul...
