Dec 31, 2022
4 min

The collected life & sayings of Dwight the #theologycat, part III, Advent & Christmastide 2022

In which Dwight the #theologycat shares his #catechesis, quotes Rowan Williams and T.S. Eliot, and fails to steal the Christmas cookies....

Dec 24, 2022
5 min

theology

in.carn.ation

Merry Christmas! God is with us. Well, we're back from the early Christmas Eve service, waiting for our traditional Christmas Eve Chinese...

Church Blogmatics top 10 reads from 2022

Dec 11, 2022
4 min

theology

Church Blogmatics top 10 reads from 2022

Even the most dedicated readers have times when it's hard to read, and it's been a light reading year for me, but I still have a few good...

Nov 29, 2022
5 min

theology

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...

Church Blogmatics Christmas Gift Ideas List 2022

Nov 17, 2022
6 min

theology

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...

Aug 18, 2022
3 min

theology

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...

Aug 17, 2022
2 min

theology

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...

Wanting God: A Very Short Guide to Reading Confessions as a Christian

Aug 15, 2022
39 min

theology

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

Jun 20, 2022
5 min

theology

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...

Jun 6, 2022
3 min

theology

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...

Jun 1, 2022
3 min

theology

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...

Apr 28, 2022
6 min

seminary

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...

book recommendations, for Christians & fellow pastors, from faithful not-a-celebrity pastors

Apr 19, 2022
13 min

book recs

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...

Jesus against the enemy (for Good Friday)

Apr 15, 2022
4 min

theology

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...

hermeneutics, chocolate, and hot cross buns

Apr 12, 2022
3 min

theology

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...

book recommendations for Christians, from experts, for folks outside of their fields

Apr 6, 2022
5 min

book recs

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...

the doctrinal loci in stanzas from hymnody

Apr 3, 2022
7 min

theology

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...

on irrevocable baptisms, grace, and Augustinian Protestant instincts

Mar 30, 2022
4 min

theology

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)...

grace alone. one thought on how we keep learning it day by day, year by year. And relearning it.

Mar 29, 2022
2 min

spiritual life

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...

Mar 25, 2022
4 min

seminary

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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