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Something True, Revisited
I have two blogs and rarely contribute to either one. Why is that? It’s because I’m a writer. That’s what I do when I have time to myself. It’s what I do because I have no other choice. It’s how I see myself and how I want to be seen. Of course, I want to be seen as more than that. I don’t want to be mistaken for some caricature. So I have a YouTube space so I can share educational videos, and I have a SoundCloud account so I can share music and sermons, and I have an Instagram account so I can share pictures. I enjoy these things.…
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ETS ’21 Annual Meeting Review
Greetings! I am thrilled to be taking part in one of the few traditions I have on this site: my review of the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. What follows is not exactly hard-hitting journalism so much as reflections in gratitude on what I learned, largely for the sake of those who couldn’t be there. This year’s meeting was in Ft. Worth, Texas, and I couldn’t resist the chance to drive down and explore my old hometown of DFW. This made for a long solo drive, but I enjoyed decent weather and beautiful fall colors the whole way down. (As for the way back, well…what a difference a…
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5 Ways to Improve Your Christian Podcast
I love listening to podcasts. In fact, I’ve listened to them since the mid-2000s, when they were still in their infancy. Normally I stick to my favorites, but every now and then I give a new one a try. And occasionally I find podcasts that are incredibly promising in their title and lackluster in their content and execution. As tempting as it sometimes is to vent my frustrations online, I’m working to push past this and reframe it as an opportunity to create something helpful. So I would like to turn a recent example of a podcast gone bad into an opportunity to build up and encourage. Here are five…
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Respectability
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Matthew 8:18-20 (ESV) For most of church history, it was easy to draw connections between Scripture and the best learning of the day. But as the scientific revolution picked up steam, it began to generate more and more conflicts with traditional Christian teaching about the world and the way that…
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Writing on the Way
Today I’m writing on my smartphone. Normally I only use my phone for notes, and especially voice memos, but I haven’t been posting enough and the phone is always with me, so it’s time to learn something new. I’m writing on the way to learning to be a better parent. I saw an interview the other day which really got me thinking about how I parent. The video was about agency, not parenting per se, but it helped me to see a missing piece. Still working out what it means, but the new direction has been a breath of fresh air. I’m writing on the way to theological community. One…