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A Day in my Facebook News Feed: Google Glass vs. Knitting in the Wild
Within minutes of each other I had Facebook connections posting on Google Glass and linking to Luci Shaw’s poem “Knitting in the Wild.” First I watched the trailer for a new Google-pioneered technology. It’s sort of like having a smartphone on your face, which is perhaps best experienced through this clip rather than described: The … Continue reading
Review of Zondervan’s Theologian Trading Cards
They’re a real thing, and they’re the best conversation starter I’ve brought into my office in a long time. Creator Norman Jeune III came up with the idea of Theologian Trading Cards in seminary. It’s a good one. I remember, as a kid, memorizing and quoting statistics and quizzing friends with the back of baseball cards. … Continue reading
Keep ‘em coming back with the December Biblical Studies Carnival
Charles Spurgeon is reported to have said, “If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.” And so we who blog in the fields of academic biblical studies and theology keep giving carnivals. So let Words on … Continue reading
Zondervan giveaway of Theologian Trading Cards
That’s right, Theologian Trading Cards. Click on the image to see the product page on Amazon. Zondervan is giving away a set, for which you can enter today and tomorrow. Go here for details. I’ve received a set to review, and expect to post that review in the not-so-distant future. They’ve already been a great … Continue reading
Katharine Bushnell (1856-1946): “God does not curse women because of Eve”
Two days after All Saints Day, I express my admiration now for a perhaps even lesser-known “saint” than Perpetua, Moses the Black, or John Huss. Katharine Bushnell lived from 1856 to 1946. She was a doctor, a missionary, an advocate for those without other advocates, and a theologian. Her commitment to the authority of Scripture was … Continue reading
John Huss (c. 1372-1415), who said the Psalms as he burned at the stake
Though All Saints Day was yesterday, I want to highlight two more lesser-known saints today and tomorrow. John Huss is nowhere near the household name (well… Christian household name) that Martin Luther or John Calvin is. But he tilled the ground for these and others. Huss taught and pastored in Prague. Like the better-known reformers that … Continue reading
St. Moses the Black (4th century)
Happy All Saints Day! Moses the Black was a 4th century African saint. He has some sweet aliases, too: Abba Moses the Robber and Moses the Strong. As in the image above (which is from here), he is also known as St. Moses the Ethiopian. The Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black gives a short … Continue reading
Of linebackers and liturgy
This week Brian LePort at Near Emmaus is providing and hosting some theological thinking about the National Football League. I’m honored to have been included in the series today, with a post called “Of Linebackers and Liturgy.” Read it here.
The Martyrdom of Perpetua (d. 203)
Perpetua was a nursing mother who rejected her father’s pleadings to deny her Christian faith and make the requisite sacrifice to the Roman emperor. As the story goes, depicted above, she had to help guide the sword of her trembling executioner to her throat. The book 131 Christians Everyone Should Know, by Mark Galli and Christian … Continue reading
“As sparks through the stubble, they will run about” (All Saints Day)
November 1 is All Saints Day. It’s a holiday in the church calendar of multiple Christian traditions: Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, and others. Halloween gets its name from All Saints Day. All Saints Day used to be known as All Hallows Day, and Halloween was a contraction of All-Hallows-Even, or All Hallows Eve. All Saints … Continue reading
