Posts from the Blog of an (un)Tamed Cynic
This week I’m taking a DMin course at McCormick Theological Seminary called “Why Church Matters in a Culture of Narcissism,” taught by Lillian Daniel. This is a class that I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while. It’s the kind of class on contemporary Christianity that I think is really important for a DMin [...]
Today I am beginning the series of one-on-one meetings I have each year with confirmands during the two weeks leading up to our confirmation Sunday. I love this time with our young people, asking them big questions about faith and hearing how they respond in their own unique ways. I’ve written before about the series [...]
Along with a lot of other Christians, Presbyterians are too damn in love with words. Though celebrating the life of the mind as a way of faith is one of the things that drew me to Presbyterianism, I’m realizing now that sometimes we let ourselves get carried away. And, of course, we’re not alone. Think [...]
In his “Questions that Haunt Christianity Series,” Tony Jones is tackling the question, “What are we being saved from?” Rather than post a long comment on his blog, I figured I’d write a post about this myself. This is a topic that I think about quite a bit, because it seems that the answer to [...]
This is another “lost” post from the end of 2012. This train of thought was prompted by reflection on my grandmother’s death and the opportunity I had to officiate her funeral. She was quite certain about what awaited her on the other side. I, on the other hand, am deeply agnostic about what happens to [...]
