This series on time will certainly be an instance where I will learn more than I will teach. If time and I had a facebook relationship status, it would be “it’s complicated.” My waking and sleeping are at odd times and of irregular durations. I question whether I can change that, mostly because I don’t really want to. It works …
The Problem (and the Promise) of the Trinity
One week out of div school and I’m already digging back through my textbooks, trying to remember what it is I spent all that time learning. This is that sort of Sunday – Trinity Sunday. “Trinity” is probably a word that every Christian knows, but few understand and even fewer care to understand. I might be a member of all …
Beginnings
I will be brief. This Sunday, Pentecost, Church in the Cliff will gather to ordain me as a Baptist minister. It is thrilling. I have worked toward this for the past four years and it is a delight and an honor to be affirmed by a group of people that I love so much. It is also terrifying. You must …
Jubilee: Release of the Captives
Mother’s Day at Church in the Cliff Ordination Thanks This week, I am living the story of too much: Polishing off last minute dissertation edits and sending it off to the library system, completing annoying exit forms and surveys for institutional liability purposes, consulting with a suddenly booming list of people with complex counseling needs, picking up graduation regalia, writing …
Jubilee: Gwyneth and her goop
I was watching Bill Maher this week in tiny increments between paper writing as I nibbled on a sandwich. One of his guests was Jimmy Kimmel, who I, if I may speak openly, do not care for too much. Normally, Bill’s guests are asked questions about pressing issues of the day, but Kimmel was asked about television industry decisions and …