Orthoparadoxical Theologizing

Theology After Google

Keep your eyes out for an upcoming theology/technology/culture conversation at Claremont School of Theology.  Follow this link for more information. Philip Clayton and Tripp Fuller are putting together what is looking to be a fascinating conversation. I will be presenting

Dwight J. Friesen November 13, 2009June 7, 2022

Phyllis Tickle Coming to Seattle

Phyllis Tickle, author of numerous books and the recent best selling The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why is coming to Seattle.  She will be Speaking at Off-the-Map’s fall learning party called “Mirrors & Maps“. Publishers Weekly Says:

Dwight J. Friesen November 6, 2009May 8, 2022

New German Pomo Christianity… Beyond Deconstruction

Carl Raschke just made a great post “the Church and Postmodern Culture: Conversation” which he called: The new German postmodern Christianity – beyond deconstruction Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen October 28, 2009January 15, 2021

Conversation with Moltmann

One of the thrills of my life – thus far – was to share space with Professor  Jürgen Moltmann. It was a great privilege to hear professor Moltmann tell his story of being held as a prisoner of war in

Dwight J. Friesen October 23, 2009January 14, 2021

Mourning the Death of Ray S. Anderson

What makes theology practical is not the fitting of orthopedic devices to theoretical concepts in order to make them walk. Rather, theology occurs as a divine partner joins us on our walk, stimulating our reflection and inspiring us to recognize

Dwight J. Friesen June 26, 2009September 20, 2022

Thy Kingdom Connected

So my first solo book now has cover art. And is listed on Amazon.com for pre-order. How cool is that? What do you think, is my name big enough? Seriously though, I’m a little concerned about the image of the

Dwight J. Friesen June 12, 2009September 9, 2022

Anabaptists

Here’s a link to a helpful piece by William McGrath called, Anabaptists: Neither Catholics nor Protestants.  Also worth checking out is the young.anabaptistradicals.org. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen December 17, 2008September 20, 2022

First Council of Nicæa (A.D. 325)

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light

Dwight J. Friesen December 10, 2008September 20, 2022

Understanding Emerging Faith

This is a helpful link for anyone looking to learn more about the emerging conversation and how it is shaping and re-shaping church and faith practices. Its compiled by Wess Daniels who blogs at “Gathering in Light“ peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 17, 2007May 8, 2022

an emergent manifesto of hope

I recently received my copy of the freshly minted, Emergent Manifesto of Hope. It is the first release in the new ēmersion line for Baker Books. The book is a collection of hope-filled essays by a diverse group of participants

Dwight J. Friesen April 3, 2007October 21, 2020

emergent village & full communion

Tomorrow I will be presenting the following paper to the National Council of Churches “Faith & Order Commission.” I was asked to reflect on “Full Communion” from the perspective of Emergent Village. Full Communion has been a way of describing

Dwight J. Friesen March 16, 2007September 23, 2022

a few thoughts from volf

Kingdom & Calling Exposition [MP3] Response to Ramachandra on Incarnation & Service [MP3] “Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans even as I exclude myself from the community of sinners. But no one can be

Dwight J. Friesen January 11, 2007September 23, 2022

An Interview with the Late Stanley J. Grenz

Here is a link to a four part interview with theologian Stan Grenz. The interview took place in Seattle with Dick Staub (author of a number of books, most recently Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters) whose radio program, The

Dwight J. Friesen January 11, 2007September 23, 2022

“do I want to be an evangelical?”

In the history of the modern evangelical movement it could be argued that no gathering has been more influential in shaping evangelicalism than the first two gatherings of the Lausanne Conference. I was privileged to be a participant in Lausanne’s

Dwight J. Friesen December 6, 2006September 26, 2022

Asking Evangelical Questions

This is short reflection piece I was invited to write for The Other Journal after attending the Younger Leaders Gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2006. The younger leaders event was sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.

Dwight J. Friesen November 10, 2006January 14, 2021

conversation with a heretic . . . Spencer Burke

Tomorrow night (Monday, November 6, 2006) you’re invited to my home for a conversation with Spencer Burke. Spencer is a husband, a father, an artist, entrepreneur, gadget-geek, founder of theOoze, a friend and a fun person to hang with. Our

Dwight J. Friesen November 5, 2006August 31, 2022

emergent village & full communion

Samir Selmanovic, Andrew Seely (See Andrew’s blog post about the experience) and I participated in the National Council of churches Faith & Order Commission a couple of weeks ago. The three of us participated in the dialogues as representatives of

Dwight J. Friesen October 25, 2006September 29, 2022

A Fourth Transcendent Virtue?

Reflection on Truth, Beauty, and Goodness – the three transcendent virtues – is vital to anyone seeking to discover and live a good life. To ponder the question, “What is a full and flourishing life?” seemingly takes us to consider

Dwight J. Friesen May 10, 2006August 31, 2022

marbled in a gray world

To live in the world is to live with shadows, even more it is to create shadows. In a universe that revolves around a sun, to live is to cast shadows. As objects living in relation to light we are

Dwight J. Friesen May 9, 2006September 22, 2022

Princeton Theological Review Honors Grenz

“A Tribute to Stanley Grenz” by the Princeton Theological Review has recently been published.  (Spring 2006, Volume XII, Number 1, Issue 34). Prolegomena:* “In Dedication to Professor Stanley Grenz” by Erik Leafblad Introduction:* How I Took Barth’s Chair, and How Grenz

Dwight J. Friesen May 5, 2006January 14, 2021

serving the process of inquiry

The following was written by theologian LeRon Shults, and was sent out in today’s Emergent/C (the newsletter of emergent). “The coordinators of Emergent have often been asked (usually by their critics) to proffer a doctrinal statement that lays out clearly

Dwight J. Friesen May 4, 2006May 8, 2022

conversation?

“What if humans are in conversation the way fish are in water?” Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen April 17, 2006May 8, 2022

palm sunday

Holy Week Begins. In the series of Lenten readings that Quest has been using this year one of the readings for today is the 22nd Psalm . . . it’s a Psalm to be read out loud. My God, my

Dwight J. Friesen April 9, 2006May 12, 2022

To Understand Another . . . Swallow a World

“Who what am I?  My answer: I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me.  I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine.  I am

Dwight J. Friesen February 2, 2006January 14, 2021

Relational Teaching?

The other day I was asked for a working definition of “interpersonal relations” within an educational environment. I hummed and hawed and stumbled a little longer than was necessary to reinforce my buffoon-tendencies. Of the many possible responses which have

Dwight J. Friesen January 31, 2006January 14, 2021

post-event story

This morning I received an email from Tom with a link to a story about the Synagogue 3000 gathering in the Washington Post (which even includes a photo of yours truly). It’s the first post-event article I’ve seen, though, J.

Dwight J. Friesen January 19, 2006November 19, 2020

S3K: Jews & Christians in Conversation

Monday and Tuesday of this week I was privileged to be in dialogue with a remarkable cohort of Jewish and Christian religious leaders reflecting together on the challenges of guiding faith-communities in our ever morphing culture. The gathering was hosted

Dwight J. Friesen January 18, 2006January 14, 2021

emergent 2006 theological conversation

I’ll be attending the 2006 Theological Conversation featuring Dr. Miroslav Volf sponsored by Emergent, the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Zondervan Publishing, and Abingdon Press/Cokesbury Bookstores.  February 6-8,  2006. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen January 13, 2006January 18, 2021

marvel comics

Ronna Miller led a small group of us (Molly the wise, Jen the passionate, and Paul the great), at MHGS in Advent reflection this morning. Ronna guided our hearts and minds around the theme of “marveling.” It was a thoughtful

Dwight J. Friesen December 7, 2005May 12, 2022

Living & Loving the Questions

I wasn’t raised with the wirings and poetry of Rilke, but I am sure grateful to have been introduced to them. The following is arguably one of his best known quotes, yet I had to post it. It is just

Dwight J. Friesen December 4, 2005September 30, 2022