What would Jesus’ strange parable of the Shrewd Manager sound like if he told it today? Here’s JR.’s reimagined take on Luke 16:1-9.
Category: History
I enjoy watching these two talk through this question… they clearly disagree but manage to talk about it with mutual respect for one another and being honest with each other. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KBFuobhDk
What aspects of Christianity make it hard for you to really, fully follow Jesus? Maybe it’s how the Church treats LGBT people. Or a congregation’s attitude toward women in ministry. Maybe it’s Bible’s complicated, complex history of transmission, and the way texts are handled by some denominations. Or maybe there are some foundational doctrines that […]
This week Clay and JButt get all literary and were going to discuss their favorite books, but mostly Clay just listened to JButt talk about hers. And they probably should’ve talked about Christopher Moore more given the title of this post. Clay: We never really talk about books. I’m trying to decide if you’re a […]
We don’t hear a ton of hopeful messages in the world these days. But in many ways, our world is doing better than ever.
A new series from the masterful Ken Burns highlights the lives of 3 Americans who defined our world.
In recent weeks there have been several events that have made me think back on some important paradigm shifts in how I read the Bible including being asked by a friend to list some important books that have changed my life, the events in Ferguson, MO, the refuge crisis at our own boarder, the reaction […]
I’ve got a new science fiction short story which came out this week in Nature Futures… a part of the well-renowned weekly international science journal, Nature. It’s a story about hope, compassion, history and historians. It’s a commentary, in it’s way, about how time travel stories (and, to some extent, history books and papers) are […]
Get On Up is a creative biopic with jaw-dropping musical performances and a serviceable story.
Accounts of genocide often make us feel helpless. What are we to do in the face of such evil?