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With Easter fast approaching and my interview with John Dominic Crossan about his new book, Resurrecting Easter, ready to be included on the next episode of Misfit Faith, I thought a post on the theme of resurrection would be in order. I would suggest that there are two distinct (but related) postures we can strike with […]
As you may know, the Misfit Faith podcast is doing a series on the Bible titled “Thoughts on the Good Book,” and my guests so far have been Brad Jersak and Jared Byas. In the spirit of this series I’d like to briefly set forth a few propositions for the consideration of anyone who is […]
For the past couple weeks on my podcast I have been discussing what I call “Anarchist Faith” (shorthand for a form of spirituality that is built from the ground up rather than one imposed from the sky down). I’ve introduced the idea here, and now I’d like to apply this thought-experiment to my own life […]
In episode #10 of the Misfit Faith podcast I put forth a little thought experiment, the results of which can be pretty transformative. The way the Christian life usually works goes something like this: We begin with doctrines or dogmas that are imposed upon us from on high — whether from the Church, the Bible, […]
Since receiving a set of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works for Christmas I have been doing some thinking. As you may know, Bonhoeffer was a German theologian executed by the Nazis toward the end of the Second World War, and one of his most important contributions has been his suggestion that what was needed in his own […]
According to Church tradition, Christmas doesn’t end when December 25th ends. Rather, that’s when Advent ends and Christmas begins. So I’ma keep talking about Christmas-y crap until I get bored with it. Deal. As I highlight in the latest episode of Misfit Faith, the union of heaven and earth, divinity and humanity, that we celebrate […]