I am reading Church Dogmatics VI.1, sections 57-59, and I just had a moment. Okay, I have all sorts of great moments in reading Barth so far, but something that stood out this morning is the comment below. The reason it struck me is because the hopeful orientation of the Christian to the incoming (and…
Read More
The next post on my book is up at Jesus Creed. As I have commented before, reading what others write about their reading of what I have written is both exciting and daunting. But I really think I learn more about what God was doing with me during the writing process when I read many…
Read More
I work on a church staff with ten other pastors. These guys are amazing. As I penned a note in the copy of Faith Without Illusions that our senior pastor was kind enough to purchase, I realized afresh that there has been a shift of sorts in my conception of who I was writing to….
Read More
I am so grateful for the folks at Relevant for posting another article. This one is on the idea of “Hopeful Realism,” the namesake of this blog and the main objective outlined in my book, Faith Without Illusions: Following Jesus as a Cynic-Saint. The challenge on writing on the topic of cynicism is that I…
Read More
Having written a book is allowing me to begin friendships with a host of like-minded people out there that I would have otherwise never met. One of them is David Flowers. This guy is thinking hard about the nature of “church” and posting some really good stuff. I encourage you to check out his blog,…
Read More
I like how Busby’s last post encouraged reader participation. Let’s continue thinking about a theology of work—keep sending in your thoughts so we can think through those issues together. We have had some good comments so far. For a much less important project, I want to ask for your contributions as well. I had this…
Read More
[Related to this post is “1988” below.] What do you do when the alarm starts chirping the morning after the world was supposed to end? What do you do when the most precious of all promises (the return of Christ) fails to happen on (the latest popularized) schedule? You get up, you brew another cup…
Read More
The message of Faith Without Illusions is that idealism is a farce and cynicism a dead end (“hopeful realism” is the recommended alternative). As previous posts indicate, I have been reading Barth’s Evangelical Theology (Busby is ahead of me—he read it last year). Here is a quote from this great theologian in which both idealists…
Read More
I got to have a great chat with Calvin Moore at Cogito | Credo about cynicism and Faith Without Illusions. He has posted the first half of the interview at his site where he is also sponsoring a giveaway of five copies of the book. (It warms my heart to here about book giveaways).
Read More
I am really impressed with the new website Cogito | Creedo. And I am thankful that its director, Calvin Moore, has expressed interest in Faith Without Illusions. For Good Friday, he has published a piece I’ve written on the Resurrection. The open tomb of Jesus announces the end of cynicism…. I just love that thought. …
Read More