Categories
- Biblical Reflections
- Book Reviews
- Church
- Creativity Project
- Culture
- Deuteronomy
- Ecclesiastes
- Esther
- Exodus
- Ezekiel
- Faith in a Digital Age
- Gospel of John
- Gospel of Mark
- Gospel of Matthew
- Haggai
- Healing the Broken Republic
- Historical Reflections
- Jeremiah
- Media and Music Reflections
- Poetry
- Psalms
- Psychology and Philosophy
- Re-imagining Church
- Religious Art
- Revelation
- Sermons
- Short Fiction
- Theology
- Uncategorized
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
Meta
- authority
- Babylonian Empire
- Babylonian Exile
- Baptism
- Book of Psalms
- book of Revelation
- Boundaries
- Brene Brown
- brokenness
- Christianity
- Covenant
- Creation
- Creativity
- Crucifixion
- Death
- Depression
- Deuteronomy
- Ecclesiastes
- Esther
- Exodus
- faith
- Forgiveness
- Gospel of Matthew
- Grace
- healing
- Holiness
- Hope
- identity
- Imagination
- introtopoetry
- Israel
- James Tissot
- Jeremiah
- Jesus
- Joy
- Justice
- lament
- Law
- life
- Magic
- Martin Luther
- Matthew
- Matthew 5
- Matthew 9
- Moses
- Old Testament
- Oppression
- Persian Empire
- Poetry
- politics
- praise
- Prayer
- Prophets
- Psalms
- Reconciliation
- religion
- Revelation
- righteousness
- Roman Empire
- Ruth
- Sabbath
- sacrifice
- Self Image
- Sermon on the Mount
- shame
- Sin
- Slavery
- struggle
- Tabernacle
- Ten Commandments
- Torah
- Trust
- wisdom
- Work
- worship
Category Archives: Historical Reflections
Perspectives from the Past-Reflections from Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Writings in 1932-33
One of the gifts of reading more deeply into the lives and experiences of people in the past is the perspectives they can give us into our own time. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor during the critical time leading … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Historical Reflections
Tagged Bonhoeffer's Works, DBW 12, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Germany 1932-33
Leave a comment
A Brief Introduction to Herod the Great
The World Around Judea in the Time Before Herod After the Maccabean Revolt in 167-160 BCE the Judean people had a time of independence and were ruled by Hasmonean kings who were descendants of the Maccabees who are credited with, … Continue reading
Anfechtung
Roland H. Bainton’s classic, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, is one of several Luther biographies I have on my shelf and it is a classic work, even if it is a little dry to read. I want … Continue reading
An Ongoing Reference to Luther’s Works
I am a Lutheran pastor but not a Lutheran scholar and the breadth of Luther’s works makes them a staggering task to approach. As a part of my study of various books of the scriptures I have also made it … Continue reading
Two Excerpts for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote and incredible open letter in response to eight white clergymen in Alabama who had written “A Call for Unity”. The letter still rings true even fifty years later when we read … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Reflections, Theology
Tagged Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King
Leave a comment
The Place of Authority 3-2:Byzantium, Triangles and the Quest for Stasis
One of the things I’ve been doing as I took an extended break from my more historical work on the place of authority within society and religion was to do some broader thinking about where this all might be heading … Continue reading