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So yesterday I came across this article by Brett McCracken, author of Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide. The article is a seven-page attempt to lump a lot of Christians in my age group and younger into a new sub-culture: what McCracken calls “Christian hipsters.” At first I thought it was kind of fun, [...]
Interpretation…
“If you want to be a better exegete, you must become a deeper person.” I read this quote from Brevard S. Childs a few days ago, and it has been rattling around in my heart and mind ever since. I can’t get it out of my head. What’s ‘exegesis,’ you may ask (because chances are [...]
More on Women in Ministry
A good friend and colleague of my husband’s, Dr. John Byron (Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary), has posted a very helpful discussion on his blog regarding women in ministry. I offer it here as a continuation of the discussion from a couple of days ago: The Biblical World: Does [...]
Threshold
As I prepare to start my second year as a PhD student in Theology at Durham University in the UK (part-time, I still live in the US), I am finding all kinds of exciting avenues of research. This evening I came across an article on Psalm 90; Samuel E. Balentine’s “Turn O Lord! How Long?” [...]
Women in Ministry: Leaders or Followers?
Since we have just moved to a new town, we are in the unique, sometimes awkward, always surprising process of looking for a church home. As I was perusing the neighborhood options online, I noticed a Brethren in Christ church nearby. Doing a little online research led me to this article, supporting women in ministry: [...]
Losing Your Religion?
My laptop is alive and well again! So I wanted to put it to work today by bringing up a topic that has come glaring into the public eye since, several days ago, author Anne Rice (remember Interview With the Vampire? Yeah, that’s hers) decided to jump off the ‘Christian’ train in order to save [...]
All the Time in the World…
I find myself this morning with a few moments to myself, access to a computer and something on my mind. So join me, would you? I hope you don’t mind if I deviate from my usual blog formula today. I’ve been hooked lately on this wildly popular show on the Discovery Channel called Deadliest Catch. [...]
Technical Difficulties…
There are two reasons why I haven’t posted in a while: 1. My family and I just moved several hundred miles across the country. This means that I spend most of my time these days cleaning, unpacking, furniture shopping and trying to get my son to go to bed. 2. My laptop (also known as [...]
Being Chosen…
“I know now that was the day I was picked and being picked is a beautiful thing. But I also know beautiful things are frightening. When something beautiful happens it’s sometimes like an amputation, like your heart is being cut out with a knife. You don’t ever think when you are in extreme pain that [...]
I Am Second: Anne Rice
“I bought that to grow up one has to put aside God.” Author Anne Rice tells her story of growing up, losing faith and finding it again after 38 years…
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