This is the most rough draft-ish of any of the sections I’ve posted so far but it’s complete enough that I’ll post it for now. If nothing else it at least proves I’m continuing to work on my thesis! I’ve got two sections which are currently partly written and a conclusion to polish and then [...]
Robin M. Jensen writes on page 3 of her book The Substance of Things Seen, “…times have changed, and even the most staid churches are starting to incorporate art into their worship… but I worry that too often art is perceived as a kind of ‘extra’ offering, meant for those of us who can appreciate [...]
Lest anyone get the impression I have been slacking off and not working on my thesis, here is another big chunk of it. This is the first half – two thirds of the section on the connection between faith and justice. As always, thoughts and comments are welcome! ———————————- The central narrative of the Bible [...]
As part of working on creative projects for Advent at my church I made my first serious attempt at writing a liturgical prayer. I borrowed and paraphrased from several sources and verses but a good chunk of this is my own work too. I’m sure there will be more changes before we use it in [...]
About a year ago my church went caroling for Christmas and I wrote about our little rag tag group and why I thought even our small showing was still important. Last night we went caroling again with far better turn out–in fact we had about 25 people go. I wanted to repost what I wrote [...]
