Colleagues, The Second Sunday of Easter brought us the great account of Jesus drawing Thomas into lucid, explicit confession: “My Lord and my God.” No one else in St. John’s Gospel comes close to this clarity and confidence about Jesus’ identity. To this day Thomas’s words are the essential standard by which any faith that merits the adjective …
The Agony of the Empty Preacher
Colleagues, “One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.” Thus Emile Zola, as I learned last week from an old friend who found the line deliciously apt as a summation of my own modus operandi. I should have answered with the observation that Zola presumably met his deadlines. Herewith a Holy Week musing that I’ve …
The Holy Thing of Holy Week
This week we bring you a short piece by the Rev. Dr. Steven Kuhl, longtime president of the Crossings Community board of directors and current rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steve wrote this piece for his parish newsletter. As he explained to us by e-mail, he intends it to serve not as a …
A Grass-roots Theologian on the Faith-Works Connection
Colleagues, I won’t tell you his name because I don’t have his permission to do that. If I asked him for it he’d likely demur. He’d wonder why the likes of you would be at all interested in what he had to say. I suspect he’d object vigorously to being styled as a theologian. I’ll do that …
A Lenten Labyrinth
This week we’re pleased to bring you another sermon from Marcus Felde, pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Indianapolis and frequent Crossings writer. (We last featured one of his sermons in Thursday Theology #808.) Marcus preached this sermon on Ash Wednesday of this year, on the Old Testament reading of Joel 2:1-2, 12-17. With his usual eloquence, Marcus …
What the Bishop Said about “Repent,” and other Post-Conference Notes.
Colleagues, We got a note from one of you last week reminding us that this is supposed to be a weekly blog. It has not been that in 2014 so far. Whether we’ll get back to that pace remains to be seen. For your generous patience as we work in that direction, our thanks. Meanwhile, and at last— …
“The Christian Chaplain in a Pluralistic Society”
To be presented at the Fifth International Crossings Conference The One for All Proclaiming “Christ Alone” in the Age of Pluralism Our Lady of the Snow Conference Center, Belleville, IL January 26 – 29, 2014 Rev Dr. Phil Kuehnert; pastorkuehnert@gmail.com Reflecting and writing about Christian Chaplains in the age of Pluralism is one thing, Reflecting and writing …
Preaching Christ Alone in an Age of Pluralism: Insights from the Wittenberg Tradition
By Martin Lohrmann International Crossings Conference – January 2014 Belleville, IL Introduction I am thankful to the Crossings conference planners for this invitation to speak with you. This topic of preaching Christ alone is crucial for considering how we might live into God’s mission for us today. My goal in this paper will be to gather insights …
Preaching Christ Alone in an Age of Pluralism: Insights from the Wittenberg Tradition
By Martin Lohrmann International Crossings Conference – January 2014 Belleville, IL Outline of the Work Introduction and Overview 1. Pluralism in the United States 2. The Medieval Context: Western Christendom 3. The Reformation as an Age of Confessionalization 4. The Three Estates: Household State Church 5. The Two Kinds of Righteousness, Squared (See charts 1 & 2 …
Responding to Various Proposals Regarding Religious Pluralism
Crossings Conference, Belleville IL, Tues, 1/28/2014 Rev. Dr. Jukka Kääriäinen INTRODUCTION My assigned topic is “Responding to the Various Proposals Regarding Religious Pluralism.” Let’s clarify the parameters of my task, what I will be engaged in and what, while fascinating and worthwhile, I simply do not have time for. To that end, two important, preliminary distinctions need to …
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