Belonging in Online Bible Study
Introduction One of my fondest memories is when my mother would take my sister and me window shopping at Christmas time. We would marvel at the displays and be fascinated Continue Reading
Category: Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation
A New Art Movement with Social Impact: “Totalityism”
“How a $7-Yard-Sale Painting (now priced at $1 million) Helped Trigger a New Art Movement to Abandon Attitudes and Actions of Prejudice.” It all started with a dusty $7-yard sale Continue Reading
Answering the Cry: Exorcism in the Orthodox Church
The Question of Exorcism In 1974, then Archbishop Iakovos spoke publicly about the importance of exorcism in cases of purported demonic possession.1 That public pronouncement, by a standing Archbishop of Continue Reading
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
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