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Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One was a best-seller a handful of years ago and then became a blockbuster movie. Fun, full of clever pop-culture references, the futuristic story of a poor high school kid who goes on an epic quest within the vi…
Aug/02/2021
This summer I have been practicing the recorder daily for the first time since elementary school. The recorder is different in almost every respect from the instrument on which I was professionally trained, the pipe organ. While the pipe or…
Jul/12/2021
It’s become a regular practice of mine to open class with my students each week by exploring Scripture through guided meditations based on ancient practices of the church. Feedback from my students indicates the opportunity to engage Script…
Jul/05/2021
In the past month or so, those of us in the Wesleyan theological tradition have been privileged to witness the ordination of numerous women and men for the ministry of Jesus Christ. While many denominations of the church perform the rite of…
Jun/28/2021
The New Creation begins with a climactic event (not cosmic evolution or human progress), the eschatological judgment of all creation. God is directing his actions toward an all-encompassing goal, which is the transformation of the entire co…
Jun/21/2021
Our twenty-year-old son, Joshua recently secured his first apartment. He had been living in the university dormitories, but he was now excited to have a place of his own. My wife and I packed up his things with him and drove them six hours …
Jun/14/2021
There are some rote answers students like to give when I ask questions in my various theology classes. Even when their answer has nothing to do with the question I’ve asked. It’s as though they think I’m looking for the same answer they wer…
Jun/07/2021
Over the past fourteen months, as we’ve all tried to do the best we can during this pandemic season, I’ve missed many things about the way my Christian community used to be. I miss going to worship on Sunday mornings and I miss our weekly s…
May/17/2021
“Now, do it again. This time, choose a cheerful color.” Her voice was gentle but firm. Mrs. Reeves had particular standards to be met. I clearly had not met hers. Still, even as my five-year-old self obediently hunted through the communal b…
May/10/2021
Toward the end of a long-winded vice list, John Wesley, writing on The Doctrine of Original Sin, says the following:
But there is a still greater and more undeniable proof that the very foundations of all things, civil and religious, are u…
May/03/2021
Question: “What does a prosthetic limb, a continuous glucose monitor, and a cell phone all have in common?”
Answer: “They all extend human capacities beyond their normal limitations.”
An artificial limb enhances an amputee’s motility. A c…
Apr/21/2021
Scripture doesn’t tell us much about the process by which it came to be. However, there are a few passages that give us clues. Second Peter informs us: “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’…
Apr/19/2021
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