This week’s piece is a very recent book review by Ed Schroeder. The book is God’s Reign and the End of Empiresby Antonio González, a Spanish theologian whose author bio can be found here on the website of Convivium Press. Ed’s meaty review examines what he sees as the “law-shy” nature of Gonzalez’s analysis. Peace and Joy, Carol Braun, for the …
#763 Talking with the “Nones”
Colleagues, The “nones” are on the rise, we hear. In case you missed it, these are the folks who say “none” when pollsters ask what religious tradition they belong to. They don’t do church, period. Ditto for synagogue, mosque, or temple. Talk of the transcendent bemuses them. It comes across as silly, having no demonstrable connection to reality …
“It Can’t Be All That Bad: Why God’s Deadly Diagnosis Of Our Human Condition Matters”
Crossings Training Seminar January 22, 2013 Steven E. Albertin When I shared the title of this conference (“Good News We Don’t Want To Hear – Preaching To A Skeptical Word”) with a friend a few months ago, he stared at me rather incredulously. What a strange title! Why would anyone not want to hear good news? Then …
#762 Nervy Faith, or How to Appall a Pietist
Colleagues, Something a bit lighter for once, and why not, it being the season of light and laughter as the Spirit makes epiphanies pop here and there. I pass along a little thing that an old friend sent me the other day. The immediate source is the online version of Lapham’s Quarterly, a magazine that addresses matters of current …
#761 Reclaiming the Sain in Sain Sex
This week’s offering is by Dr. Michael Hoy, pastor of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Decatur, Illinois, and former editor of the Crossings newsletter. Mike is the steward of Bob Bertram’s professional papers, and he edited Bertram’s latest, posthumous and unfinished book, The Divorce of Sex and Marriage: Sain Sex [Chesterfield, MO: Crossings Community, 2012], which was reviewed in this …
#760 See my lawyer
This week’s Thursday Theology is a Pentecost sermon by Steve Albertin, my fellow editorial-board member and a frequent Crossings writer. Pentecost may feel far away, but Steve’s main points are timeless: the judgment inherent in God’s law, the salvation given to us through his Son, and the role of the Holy Spirit as our divine Advocate. Peace and …