Theological education is demanding. It requires endless reading, memorization, absorbing information through lectures, writing, dialogue, and more. Students today usually balance academic work with jobs,
“Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way,
There’s an undercurrent in North American Christianity that says the Christian life is a good one, that God protects us and gives us all good
Things were not as they should have been. The air conditioning unit normally cooling the children’s worship space was not working. Without some fast, ingenious
“What’s your beast?” I paused after reading that question in the conclusion of a paper I was grading. My student had written a thoughtful analysis
Dear Students, Lately, a lot of you have brought questions to me. Hard questions. Questions born of your hard experiences, often in the church.
I don’t always have the best sense of direction. That’s one reason why I was particularly thankful when GPS systems became available for our cars.
Dearest students: Your final reflections in History of Christianity 1 were rather discouraging to me. I loved hearing about all the things you learned
O Lord, do not let my heart not be proud, May my eyes not be haughty and look on others condescendingly The timbre of his
The last two years have nurtured anxiety, fear, depression, heartbreak, righteous anger. The pain and suffering in people’s lives are palpable and, often times, paralyzing.