If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination. Mary Daly Saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Mary Daly, on January
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
Last night was the final and celebratory gathering of the simple church that I’ve led and been part of for the past 11 years. I was both surprised and blessed by the evening. Spending the evening with friends (some of
“Hospitality is the practice of God’s welcome by reaching across difference to participate in God’s actions bringing justice and healing to our world in crisis.” ― Letty M. Russell Today I join the countless “misfits” who mourn the loss of one
“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
This morning at around 7:00 AM my dear friend Chad died, leaving behind his wife Renee and their two sons Colin (7) and Aidan (3). My heart is broken. Chad was a beautiful man. So tender hearted, kind, and generous.
90 year old Brother Roger – spiritual father to countless Christ-followers throughout the world and the founder and Abbott of the Taizé Community – was killed during evening prayers yesterday, Tuesday August 16th, 2005 and he died immediately (read more). May the Peace of Christ
If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend you invest a few moments looking some of the thousands of postcards posted on this site. Part of the reason I love it so much is that it reminds me that
Paul Ricœur — “the philosopher whose writings on hermeneutics were the cornerstone of an ambitious rethinking of the relationship between the humanities and the social sciences . . .” died today at the age of 92. Read more here and
Leading a couple of lunch forums at the Nashville, emergent event this year. And organizing the evening memorial in honor of Dr. Stanley J. Grenz. Peace, dwight
The memorial service for Stan was this past Sunday at First Baptist Church (where Dr. Edna Grenz is worship pastor). Lynette and I attended the service and it was beautiful. The memorial is viewable on the web, and I would
Yesterday, during the class period when Stan and I were supposed to be teaching “Thinking Theologically 2” Mars Hill Graduate School held a memorial service. It was an honoring time; a time that I think Stan would have appreciated. As
Ultimately our claim to know the one God only gains credence in the contemporary world as we demonstrate the Divine presence through the way we live – through our lives as we connect our Christian belief with true Christian living.
Anthony Hecht who was one of America’s great poets, passed away this week. Here is one of his many poems, click here to hear him read it. Chorus from Oedipus at Colonus by Anthony Hecht What is unwisdom but the
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Jacques Derrida One of the great thinkers of our time has died. On Friday, October 8 2004, Jacques Derrida died at a Paris hospital of pancreatic
It was a friend’s birthday yesterday. Her birthday was forever changed three years ago. As you know, yesterday was the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks that we now simply refer to as 9-11. Yesterday was also Jewish S’lichot in
We moved to metro Seattle two years after the death of Kurt Cobain. I’ve often wished we’d been here to experience Seattle’s grunge era in all its glory. Sometimes it feels like there is a Cobain shaped void in the
I am grieving the loss of the patron saint of the neighborhood. Fred Rogers, known to most of us simply as “Mr. Rogers” died of stomach cancer yesterday. Raised in Canada I didn’t grow up watching Mr. Rogers, I grew
“People will come to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman (1931-2003) died yesterday, October 5, 2003. Postman was chair of the Department of Culture and Communications at New York University,
Saddened to learn of the death of Ernie Coombs, forever known to me as Mr. Dressup. Ernie Coombs died on September 18, 2001 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier. I suppose Mr. Dressup was Canada’s Mr. Rogers, and
