Postmodern Church and the Farmlands of Iowa… Part 2
So, the first thing I want to tackle is some semblance of a definition. What on earth are we talking about when we say “postmodern”…
The Body of Christ
Postmodern Church and the Farmlands of Iowa… Part 1
In our final year at Vanderbilt Divinity School, we work on the crowning glory of our graduate work: our seminar paper. As I sat down…
Why the Revised Common Lectionary is the perfect model for Emergent Church
Random thought came to me tonight. How it came to me is the subject of my next blog…. but in any case. Every week, people…
Doctrine of God… or something.
When I submitted my candidacy papers, I had just finished Constructive Theology. I was in a totally heady space, although I also had a lot…
what we owe God…
I’ve been thinking a lot about atonement theories as we journey through the book of Hebrews in worship. Anselm’s understanding of atonement says that we…
the limitations of congregations
The following is something that Taylor Burton-Edwards presented at our School For Ministry here in Iowa this spring, and I was reminded of it again through a…
Reading the Church into the individual
Lately I have begun approaching scripture with a whole new set of eyes. As I think about what it means to be the pastor of…
the redemption of creation
Over the next few weeks (months probably) I want to go back through my notes and blog a bit about some of the amazing things…