It’s been so great to hear AJ and Kathy and Steve say how much they appreciate Volf and love his spirit and his mind. I’m being reminded again how influential he’s been on my life, how much my classes with him, how chatting over coffee …
Read MoreTuesday Volf thought 2…Witnesses
Is it the pastor’s responsibility to provoke? Are we supposed to challenge, prick, prod, and push people into places of discomfort in their spiritual lives? Miroslav basically answered this as a “yes,” but I loved how he qualified that. “What do I do,” he said, …
Read MoreTuesday Volf thought 1…Story
(LOTS of stuff today. I’ll try breaking into little pieces in separate posts.) One of the major points Miroslav makes in Exclusion and Embrace is this–God demonstrated profound love to human beings through Jesus’ death. As the Apostle Paul said, “while we were still enemies, …
Read MoreThe conversation tonight
As you obviously noticed from the previous blog picture posts, this trip has already been outstanding…FOUR LICENSE PLATES ALREADY, PEOPLE! And, for the rest of you interested in my astute observations on mundane life, I’ve been musing about how weird it is to be three …
Read MoreFriends in high places
Friends in high places The conference we’re attending is at Yale Divinity School (you’re gonna have to do your own googling, I’m not in the linking mood.) 🙂 In the hallway on the way to the chapel where we’re meeting, there’s a picture of the …
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