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 MoreRadical inclusiveness
(Some of you will have seen this before…sorry. It’s been published in two places. But Robin’s comment on my last post asked some questions about my view on women, so I thought I’d regurgitate this for the blog.) I sighed as I climbed the stairs …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?” – Part 6
As an adult, I’ll occasionally joke with my mom (and really, mom, this is a joke): “Look, you were the MOM. Why didn’t you MAKE me take piano lessons?” Oh, how my mom tried. She loves music; she has a beautiful voice, plays the piano, …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?” – Part 5
Given the fact that I went to seminary to, you know, learn things, I thought maybe I should blog some about my favorite professors. Nancey Murphy was one. She’s a huge influence on many in the Emergent conversation, and was the person who introduced me …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”- Part 4
Almost exactly halfway through my seminary experience, the first gulf war broke out; and it helped me to realize that I had made up my mind…I was a pacifist. I came to George Fox College pretty much knowing I felt called to be a pastor, …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”- Part 3
It started because I wasn’t comfortable calling the Holy Spirit “it.” After I survived (with Jimmy’s help) the Greek intensive, I proved my masochistic tendencies by taking a Greek reading class in the winter quarter. We worked on translating parts of the New Testament. The …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”- Part 2
Walking in the heart of the Fuller campus in Pasadena, you can see its origins easily. Houses were purchased on the same street; the street was vacated and grass put in; and that park-like lawn serves as the center of campus. Some of the houses …
Read MoreNoticing…and truth
(Update: you’d be better off reading the previous post before this one…) Hands. Many of you noticed his hands, just as many of us did in Marianne’s class 15 years ago. The story of the picture, as I remember it, goes like this. This painting …
Read MoreWhat do you notice?
This is an assignment. I’m asking you do actually do what I’m going to ask, and then respond in the comments. Can you handle that? One of my favorite profs at Fuller was Marianne Meye Thompson. She was a key person in helping the bible …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”-part 1
AJ left this question in the comments while I was on vacation, and I’m planning to tackle it in multiple posts. I’ve consulted the authorities, and this is fully permissible on this blog; I started it as a writing discipline, so if I write it, …
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