Happy Saturday, friends! It’s been a quiet day here in Brooklyn; after an unusually busy and social week, this introvert was ready for some serious down time, and I’m happy to say I got it. A fresh batch of chili is simmering in the crock pot, and while I wait for it to be ready,…
Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing and How We Can Revive Them is a keenly thoughtful book, written with a delightful blend of eloquence, wit, humor, and hope. In it, Jonathan Merritt addresses the need for the church (particularly in North America) to recognize the polarizing effects that religious language…
Lo, under the gentle Vine, O Christ, The whole church plays in peace. – Notker, the Monk from St. Gall I had the incredible privilege last month of overhearing a conversation between Pádraig Ó Tuama and Peter Rollins about peacemaking – not just once, but twice, thanks to this glorious technology known as a podcast. As I…
A few weeks ago, a woman got onto the subway at the stop after mine, and after awhile, she began to preach. At first, I thought she might have been the slightest bit crazy, because she started by quoting random lyrics to old-school church songs (but saying them, not singing them), and it’s not unusual in…
In December 2014, a pastor named Stephen Kim (of whom I had never heard) posted an article on his blog, nycpastor.com, entitled Ten Men Christian Women Should Not Marry. It got a little bit of press in social media circles, but not much. Until he published a follow-up article: Ten Women Christian Men Should Not…
