February 12 Ep6A 1 Corinthians 3 1 9
Iwas born a Baptist. I mean, you can’t really be born a Baptist, but I was born to Baptist parents. I grew up in a charismatic evangelical church, became a Lutheran as a young adult, worked among Methodists for a while, and now worship with the Episcopalians. I can report at least one thing all these American Protestants seem to have in common: we are rather quick to point out divides within our own specific traditions, to distance ourselves from those with whom we share a name but often not much more.
Reclaiming the E word
Evangelism has become a dirty word among progressive Christians. But don’t we have good news to share?
The little engine that needed collaborators
Clergy burnout happens when churches expect pastors to do everything and pastors oblige.
A mosaic of story
Systematic: an organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systemic whole.
SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR I welcome students into a classroom where they are introduced to theology. They are supposed to learn the history of Christian doctrines, understand their interrelationships, and begin to recognize the theologies that shape them even as they encounter the theologies of others.