From Queen Jezebel to Queen of Sheba
THREE NARRATIVES, THREE TROPES, AND THREE MODELS (The Church has to do better in its depiction of and relationship with Black Women) Three Narratives In recent conversations with Black Continue Reading
Category: Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation
Failing Together
Win or Fail: Creating A Culture That Equips, Empowers, & Elevates Students Win or Fail Win or Fail is one of my favorite screen games to play with youth. This Continue Reading
Maker Infused Worship for the 21st Century Church
Maker-Infused Worship for the 21 st Century Church Jenny Shultz-Thomas April 14, 2023 Research Project Context This project investigates how maker culture can inspire church vitality post-COVID. The context for Continue Reading
Dealing with Difficult Texts: Teaching Korean Christians How to Be Engaged in Difficult Texts
Texts of Terror When I was a teenager, one of my classmates who is a peace-loving Buddhist asked me a question in school, “Why is a Christian hymn so violent?” Continue Reading
Angels on the Radar? The Bible and Paranormal Parallels
The Bible in a Secular World In his 1916 address “The Strange New World Within the Bible,” Karl Barth asked the question, “What sort of country is spread before our Continue Reading
The Perceived Ethos and its Effect on Rhetoric and Relationship
In 1958, a pastor preached these words to their congregation, “A human being is essentially a creature who necessarily and forever believes in something. The only cure in this world Continue Reading
Justification and Justice: Lutheran Proclamation in Divisive Times
Crux sola est nostra theologia. “The cross alone is our theology.”[1] So said Martin Luther during the early years of the Reformation. The cross, which for Luther is shorthand for Continue Reading
Ears to Hear: Understanding How You and Your Neighbor Read the Bible
If you have been in the church for any amount of time, then you have experienced some church conflict. Sometimes the conflict is minor- Who makes the best pound cake? Continue Reading
Digital Companionship: A Model of Care for Emerging Adults
“Part of me wishes I had left the whole thing alone, and that I could just go back to the exact same complex arrangement of blocks I had before Continue Reading
Give Sorrow Words: Sermon Form in Trauma-Aware Preaching
Say What? “I have never heard a preacher say that word before.” It was a Sunday morning years ago as parishioners were streaming out the church where I was serving Continue Reading