David Sloan Wilson’s book and article in the NYT has initiated an important discussion for the church - namely how are we to understand God, creation, biological life, and religion in dialogue with the best contemporary scientific thought. Wilson, a biologist and atheist, describes how he understands religion within the evolutionary process and while I [...]

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Elgin did not want to leave my lap last night so we read through a favorite Paul Tillich book of mine from undergrad. It is a short book, 85 pages, based on a lecture series he gave where he connected the philosophical quest with the heart of Biblical religion. He concludes the last [...]

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John Cobb joins us this week for a fun and fascinating conversation on the incarnation, Christology, consumerism, philosophy, and advent.  Cobb is one of the premier theologians of the 20th century with interests ranging from Christology to sustainable economies.  He is the most noted voice in Process theology and is invested in articulating a [...]

 

 John Cobb on the Incarnation and its Theological Predicaments: Homebrewed Christianity ep. 38 [42:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Chad is offically a heretic.  One of the emergent heresy head hunter blogs have deemed Chad’s invitation for congregations to become “COOL,” aka energy efficient and green, to be a distraction from the gospel.  Hopefully Chad will still be able to sleep at night.  If you want to join the heretical movement and help congregations [...]

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The Whitehead International Film Festival is coming up in January and since I actually live in California I will be able to go this year. It is unique in that it combines the power of film with group theological reflection. Marjorie Suchocki lectured on the Gospel of John and led a theological discussion [...]

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I just got over a cold, so I haven’t been able to record any new advent songs until today.  This is one I wrote a few years ago for the Christmas Eve service at my home church.  We pack into a freezing cold barn, sit on barrels of hay, and sing songs between the Christmas [...]

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The HBC Advent Podcast series keeps picking up more steam by the episode.  This week is the first of two podcasts that focus on the theological background of Advent, namely the Incarnation.  LeRon Shults is hopefully a familiar name to all those in the blog-o-sphere, because he regularly reveals goodness on the net.  In this [...]

 

 Evolutionary Biology and the Incarnation with LeRon Shults: Homebrewed Christianity ep.37 [44:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I know some of my Episcopal friends have been a little frustrated with having a theologian as the Archbishop of Canterbury, but this is bound to be one of the perks. A very moving and beautiful reflection.

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Gordon Atkinson was very kind to talk to me last weekend. He was on his wife’s cell phone (because he was having trouble with his) in his backyard, and this episode is the result of our conversation. I enjoyed talking about the theme of hospitality in A Christmas Story You’ve Never Heard and [...]

 

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