Telos: the purpose of life on earth
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Most people don’t seem to grow much, if at all, after the first year or so of becoming Christians. They think becoming a Christian was all they needed…
Stranger Manger: recovering the oddities of the nativity story
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”The strangeness of the nativity is often overlooked: The King of the Universe comes to live on the ramshackle third planet of a backwoods solar system in a…
Cybertron Nativity: what makes the Autobots rejoice?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”I’m always looking for ways to help my kids contextualize the gospel. I want to keep them thinking and dreaming, imagining and re-visioning. Especially since they’re pastor’s kids….
Pagan Pageantry: how the secular roots of Christmas traditions teach us about engaging our culture today
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Christmas has pagan roots, but that shouldn’t alarm us. Those roots don’t mean our celebrations are fraudulent or inspired by idolatry. Quite the opposite. Our adaptation of festivals…
Heads & Tales: learning about the true King of the Jews from the last king of the Jews
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Given that Herod was a skilled politician (more on that later), from a notable family (again, more to come)… how did he become so singularly evil? What happened…
Happy Happy Joy Joy: the power stories behind famous Christmas carols
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Nothing dredges my heart like Christmas carols. I know they’re not an accurate depiction of real life–heck, for the most part, they’re not even accurate depictions of the…
Almighty Dollar: being righteous with money
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Every time I write about money I get my world rocked. It’s the most terrifying thing in the world to teach about, because two things always happen: I…
Doxa: a practical introduction to Christian spirituality
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text title=”Doxa: a practical introduction to Christian spirituality” text=”systematic theology may be the academic discipline with the least tendency towards story telling – it’s like god-math. sometimes it even…
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