Category: Theology
Just Follow Jesus: Interview with Christian Singer Derek Webb
This article was originally published on the Huffington Post. Derek Webb isn’t your prototypical evangelical Christian — but he hopes that someday, he might be. A long-time darling of the ... Read More
Strangers Among Us
This past week the United Methodist Church got some good press… the Tea Party Nation’s Judson Phillips demanded its closure. The Huffington Post reports that Phillips demanded the closure ... Read More
Advent, Anticipation, Agnostic. Or, What if you just don’t know?!
Recently, Adam Hollowell published a post here entitled: A Response to Ricky Gervais’ “Why I’m an Atheist”. (You can read it here, and I encourage you to do so!) It’s a brilliant pos... Read More
Orphan Stories at Christmastime
My inaugural posts at State of Formation seem to indicate a passion for sharing what I believe are incisive resources with State of Formation contributors and readers. This Christmas Eve Eve, I commen... Read More
A Response to Ricky Gervais’ “Why I’m an Atheist”
This week British comedian Ricky Gervais asked a number of famous friends, including Conan O’Brien, to publicize “A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist.” Written as a post f... Read More
What Mary, Joseph and Reality TV Share in Common (or how “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” teaches something powerful about Christmas theology)
When my husband I got married, we moved into a new apartment and signed a cable agreement, the kind where you get a bundle with far more than you need because getting less actually costs more. As a re... Read More
A Hermeneutic of Gracious Pondering in a Season of Anticipation
Shortly before leaving Boston for the holidays I had an opportunity to attend a lecture by philosopher Richard Kearney at Boston College on his more recent publication, Anatheism: Returning to God A... Read More
“The H. Clearly Stands for Hussein”: Jesus H. Christ, Theological Honesty, and Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report always makes me laugh uproariously, but a recent segment made my heart sing as well. Its title was “Jesus was a Liberal Democrat,” and it made me happy for a number of r... Read More