‘For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else’
on Nov 5, 2009 in Advent Blogging Journals Jürgen Moltmann Theology St John’s Nottingham are developing a very exciting project – Interactive Multimedia Timeline: Exploring Christian theology and intellectual history. Rick Floyd offers a good defence of blogging in response to Stefan McDaniel’s case aga...

Vincent van Gogh on clergy
on Nov 4, 2009 in Vincent van Gogh A few months ago, I happened across a most enjoyable wee read by Anton Wessels called Kind of Bible: Vincent Van Gogh as Evangelist. It was one of those wonderful finds that are ‘given’ to you when you’re eyes are scanning the library s...

zizek.us
on Nov 3, 2009 in Slavoj Žižek There’s a relatively new site dedicated to the work of Slavoj Žižek, the existence of which was only discovered by Žižek himself today. Recent posts include: Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ Slavoj Zizek on global crisis: First as Tr...

Who said it?
on Nov 3, 2009 in Theology Trinity Time again for another ‘Who said it?’ competition. From whose mouth/pen did the following words come: God’s trinitarian history for us makes him what he is for himself. There is no immanent Trinity supratemporally ‘behind’ God’s temporal,...

Resourcing Elders
on Nov 3, 2009 in Elders Presbyterianism It’s not unusual for me to be contacted about reading resources, and typically it’s not too difficult to recommend some appropriate text(s). Today, I was asked what resources there are for elders serving in the Presbyterian/Reformed tradi...

Jaroslav Pelikan on the need for creeds
on Nov 2, 2009 in Creeds Jaroslav Pelikan Recently, Speaking of Faith ran a repeat of an interview with Jaroslav Pelikan on the need for creeds wherein Pelikan argued that ’strong statements of belief are not antithetical, but necessary, if 21st-century pluralism is to thrive’. I...

Sauntering through the week …
on Nov 2, 2009 in Blogging Theology Reverence for Words: A Case Against Blogging by Stefan McDaniel Obama and the Lama and The Poetry of Autumn by David Bentley Hart Gardner Taylor on preaching and pastoral ministry Jeremy Begbie on theology through the arts Jean Vanier on belonging an...

Who said it?
on Nov 2, 2009 in Theology Trinity Time again for another ‘Who said it?’ competition. From whose mouth/pen did the following words come: God’s trinitarian history for us makes him what he is for himself. There is no immanent Trinity supratemporally ‘behind’ God’s t...

A Symposium: Aspects of Māori Christianity and Mission
on Nov 1, 2009 in Christianity Conference Māori New Zealand Aspects of Māori Christianity and Mission Historical, Theological and Contemporary Perspectives A Symposium, November 18–19, 2009 Last year a number of University of Otāgo academics formed a research group, Te Whakapapa o te Whakapono: Linea...

Rick Floyd: Retired Pastor Ruminates
on Oct 31, 2009 in Blogging Theology Rick Floyd is Pastor Emeritus of First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he served for 22 years. He has authored A Course in Basic Christianity and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Reflections on the Atonement, a wonderful study w...