I met Heather Choate Davis and Leann Luchinger at a conference. We traded books and talked about historical theology. It was a great way to pass the time at an event where none of us fit in. At all. They told me about the book they were working on: Loaded Words: Freeing 12 Hard Bible Words […]
Deep Church Rising: A Book Review
The twenty-first century churches have a problem. Maybe more than one. We also have more than a few people providing analyses and solutions. Deep Church Rising: The Third Schism and the Recovery of Christian Orthodoxy by Andrew G. Walker and Robin A. Parry (Cascade Books, 2014; $22.00) is a helpful corrective to the culture-bound, superficial diagnoses and prescriptions that get […]
A Prayer for Timothy Matthew Slemmons
Last night at UDTS we installed my friend and colleague, the Rev. Dr. Timothy Matthew Slemmons, as Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship. I was honored to be asked to offer a prayer in the service. I thought I would share it with you, especially since many of you who know him could not be […]
Augustinian Soul Music!
Funny things happen in the world of the internet. August 28th was the feast day of St. Augustine, so I sent out last year’s post on the influential theologian via Facebook and Twitter. For whatever reason it got far more attention than when I first posted it. Recycling can be fun. The best thing, though, […]
Praying On Your Smart Phone: Review of 4 iOS Apps for the “Divine Office”
Wouldn’t St. Benedict be surprised to find people praying the Divine Office on their smart phones? Okay, he would be surprised if he even heard about smart phones. Or not-so-smart phones. Or telegraphs for that matter. As I describe in my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity Press 2012) the practice of […]