(Authors note: What follows is not expert opinion. I’m reliant upon others acquaintance with both St. John of the Cross and Peter Rollins. The connection between the Dark Night of the Soul and Atheism for Lent is not mine, but Jeremy John’s. I’m mainly familiar w/ St John of the Cross from general religious Studies courses [...]
Daniel Meeter’s Why Be a Christian (If No One Goes to Hell) is a mixed bag. At points the author’s analysis is spot on, at times a little heavy handed in what he rejects, and at moments deeply moving. Some of this mixed bag is that I clearly am not the author’s audience: I’m a [...]
A couple of Weeks ago over at Anglobaptist.org, A photo for the D.C. Occupy Church and a quote from a post by Micah Bales was the catalyst for a dispute over the relationship of justice to the Gospel, and the role of the Church in political systems and movements. On one level the above conversation [...]
Over at Fors Clavigera, James K. A. Smith‘s “Open Letter to Praise Bands” has caused a bit of a stir I think. At least it has among the group of Evangelical Covenant worship leader, worship pastors, and pastors (who like me plan worship each Sunday). The stir relates to another conversation that has been [...]
