June 11 is the day Christians East and West commemorate someone who deserves a great deal more attention: St Barnabas. “Barnabas” was actually his nickname: it means “son of encouragement.” That captures his ministry quite nicely. Barnabas encouraged other people to grow to their full potential. People like the Apostle Paul. I’d read the Bible […]
Vocabulary Lesson: “Lord”
Close your eyes. Picture yourself walking up to someone and addressing him as “my Lord.” Okay, how did your imagination fill in the scene? What was around you? I’m thinking there had to be fancy clothes, maybe a throne. Had to be some shining armor. The word was more at home at least a few […]
Interview on Deepening Our Theological Conversations
Some of the good folks in the denomination’s Theology, Worship & Education office saw my post comparing the pastor’s study group of the Presbytery de Cristo to the “Congregation” of Calvin’s Venerable Company of Pastors in 16th century Geneva. They sensed a connection to one of their own initiatives to spark and deepen theological conversation among sessions […]
Interview with Chris Keating on the St. Louis Post-Dispach Blog
This week Chris Keating interviewed me on his blog on the St. Louis Post-Dispach website! He asked some great questions on the background and potential impact of my new book, Love Your Bible: Finding Your Way to the Presence of God with a 12th Century Monk. Here’s how it starts. Hope you’ll click through for the […]
How to Keep Unity in Times of Division
I took a trip through a time machine last week, all the way back to Calvin’s Geneva. Okay, not really. Actually it was a Delta flight to Tucson. I got to lead a retreat for the pastors’ study group of the Presbytery de Cristo. Over twenty of them meet every month to study theology together. I […]
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