1. Job of theology – what is God doing in the world today? in the church today?2. Have you ever noticed Christians don’t and have never agreed? especially on BIG issues! 3. How do we make sense of that? 4. It’s not THE Christian tradition, but many traditions and ways of Christ.5. Franke hopes in…
Moltmann Conversation – Notes from 101 w/ Danielle Shroyer
Moltmann 101 I. impressionistic theologian (nice analogy) II. LifeA. Hamburg, Germany, secular parents, commune?, spent time gardening on Sunday morningsB. Loved Einstein, mathematics, science – apathetically joined the Hitler Youth – but was a terrible soldier, German POW – learned about God in the POW educational campC. Struck by the power of the story when…
theological hats
In the few days before this emergent village theological conversation event thingy I was kind of nervous. I was thinking about the fact that it has literally been like two years since I read a theological book. I’ve read… a few books between now and then, but nothing with the kind of depth that we…
Holy Spit Balls
Thursday night we had a wonderful and amazing event at our church. Over 25 people gathered together for fellowship, food, and fun. We had people of all ages – babies crawling around, preschoolers squealing for joy, teenagers running up and down stairs, parents and grandparents and friends. As I sat there eating with everyone, I…
FF: Recharging
A few weeks ago my lap-top battery died, suddenly I found myself looking at a blank screen and was rather relieved to find that it was only the battery and not the whole computer that had failed. This morning a new battery arrived in the post, and suddenly I am mobile again! After a week…
Send Me!
God said, “Whom shall I send?” And immediately, without hesitating, without knowing what on earth he was getting into, Isaiah responded, “Here I am, Send ME!” Now, I have thought and thought and thought about this sermon. In some ways, it is the inspiration for this whole series on worship – because fundamentally, I believe…
Proclaiming the Word
In our passage from Ephesians this morning, we hear two very important, complimentary lessons. First – God is One. There is One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One Spirit, One Hope, One Body, ONE! A few weeks ago, as I first introduced these elements of worship, we looked at the very simple message that Isaiah…
The New American Religion Behind the Growing American Rage
The New American Religion Behind the Growing American Rage Posted using ShareThis I do sense there is this murky prelude to culture war (or holy war as Richardson calls it) brewing. I sensed it in 2004 when broken crosses were used to spell “God Bless the USA” on our campus lawn in front of the…