The Collected Life & Sayings of Dwight the #theologycat, Part II
My #theologycat Dwight shares his wisdom. What follows is a largely complete account of Dwight's #catechesis from the date of his last...
- Nov 17
- 6 min
Church Blogmatics Christmas Gift Ideas List 2022
I do love choosing gifts for people I love. You'll find a lot of books on this list, but it also includes a smattering of other gift...
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- Aug 18
- 3 min
What if your body is a temple?
What if “your body is a temple” is not a shaming shamer, yelling at you to make your body worthy by doing xyz? What if “your body is a...
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- Aug 17
- 2 min
A Prayer for Back to School
Giving thanks to the God who sees our vulnerable kids and our trembling hearts. Oh, LORD, we beseech thee, May our much-loved babies know...
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- Aug 15
- 39 min
Wanting God: A Very Short Guide to Reading Confessions as a Christian
Are you reading Augustine's Confessions this semester? Teaching it? Picking it up because it's one of the best possible books Christians can
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- Jun 20
- 5 min
The collected life & sayings of Dwight the #theologycat; a complete & accurate account to date
My new kitten, Dwight, has been offering CATechesis on my social media feeds. If you haven't met #theologycat or you'd like to see...
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- Jun 6
- 3 min
A prayer for Anna on her ordination
I'm thinking today about God's good work in calling a friend to ministry and in calling so many good and faithful workers. Thanks be to...
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- Jun 1
- 3 min
Introducing the Theology & Fiction book club
Read & Discuss Ted Chiang's *Exhalation* with me & special guest co-leader Christina Bieber Lake What is the theology & fiction book...
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- Apr 28
- 6 min
5 myths about seminary & why they don't have to hold power over you
Theological education is such a rich opportunity, one that can help us grow in grace and knowledge of the Triune God, but many potential...
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- Apr 19
- 13 min
book recommendations, for Christians & fellow pastors, from faithful not-a-celebrity pastors
Once again, I've got one of my favorite things for you: book recommendations! You're going to want to add a lot of books to your reading...
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- Apr 15
- 4 min
Jesus against the enemy (for Good Friday)
an excerpt from my book, Pandemic Prayers: Devotions and Prayers for a Crisis Today we need to talk about death. And there is lots of...
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- Apr 12
- 3 min
hermeneutics, chocolate, and hot cross buns
How my husband reinterpreted an Easter tradition, because he loves me. Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot...
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- Apr 6
- 5 min
book recommendations for Christians, from experts, for folks outside of their fields
I've got one of my favorite things for you: book recommendations! I've asked some of the most interesting people I know--experts in a...
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- Apr 3
- 7 min
the doctrinal loci in stanzas from hymnody
Charles Wesley and the United Methodist Hymnal (plus some Rich Mullins) are big reasons I'm a theologian. So, why not lay out some...
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- Mar 30
- 4 min
on irrevocable baptisms, grace, and Augustinian Protestant instincts
The recent story about invalidated baptisms in the Roman Catholic church has been eating at me. There are two polarized responses: 1)...
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- Mar 29
- 2 min
grace alone. one thought on how we keep learning it day by day, year by year. And relearning it.
I recently had a bit of epiphany about my bondage to works righteousness. At this moment in my spiritual life, I feel relatively free...
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- Mar 25
- 4 min
closing the gap between the seminary and the sanctuary
I originally shared these thoughts on social media in response to a conversation on twitter about the gap--sometimes felt as a yawning...
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- Mar 24
- 3 min
it's always the end of the world as we know it, but not the way a lot of people think:
on eschatology, millenialism, and the whole thing having nothing to do with covid or Russia. I posted this material as a twitter thread...
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- Mar 23
- 3 min
Twilight, tiny theologians, and theology for everyone
In 2009, Everyone was reading Twilight. I'm a fairly profligate reader. I read theology, of course, and I try to read classics and the...
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- Mar 19
- 5 min
Five reasons I'm glad to serve at Northern Seminary
It's my first spring break since I began teaching at Northern Seminary, and I'm reflecting on mission, ministry, and why I'm glad to...
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