Christian scholar

Word Up: Going Viral with Transpositions

September 15, 2011

Yeah, I know. That title is all kind of pun-tastic. But, hey, comparing the Viral Bible Project which is one of the projects I’m talking about in my post today on Transpositions to the bout of post-viral fatigue I’m still dealing with just didn’t seem like something I wanted to do…. Thanking me yet? See, [...]

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Why it bugs me when “the church” tells me how to be a woman

September 15, 2011

For the philosophers among you, I forewarn, this is a strawman argument. It really bugs me when the church tells me how to be a woman and then tries to tell me that there’s only one way to be a good Christian woman – I especially get a little bent out of shape when Proverbs [...]

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Get Real

September 12, 2011

Or maybe that should be “getting” real. I’m trying to “get” real. I mean I am real. But I’ve struggled with the balance of this project, Goannatree, as a space where I do write about my professional interests in theology and the arts, and literature, and photography, and writing and teaching in the university context. [...]

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Will My Resume get me in trouble some day?; Starbucks, TOMS, Global Leadership Summit & Petitions

August 12, 2011

I admire innovative forms of social protest. I think they are helping to promote conversation on a much broader scale. But there’s some things that have been troubling me of late about the ease with which someone’s character can be called into question by calling into question their “associations” and their speaking engagements. Last night [...]

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Why I’m not interested in doorknocking for Jesus

August 8, 2011

When I was in Waco I often had people share their sad stories with me and ask for cash at the door of my second floor apartment. I didn’t like the pushy men who made me feel unsafe and had to learn to be rather forthright about them leaving and keeping my screen-door locked. I [...]

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Transposing labels: faith, church and “Christian” books

August 3, 2011

In the third post in this series looking back over my last year of articles on Transpositions,I offer articles on “Christian” books,  labels – whether they be disciplinary or mere convenience, and the hope of the poetry of Les Murray and Malcolm Guite.     Faith, Hope and Poetry: A Review Transposition is very much what [...]

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Calling out Christian leaders in the age of Digital Media

July 12, 2011

I’ve been following current discussions about comments made by Mark Driscoll on facebook asking for suggestions of effeminate worship leaders. I’ve read a number of posts criticizing Driscoll including this guest post on Jesus Needs New PR by Dianna Anderson titled “Dear Mr Discoll” and “A Jesus I can beat up” on her own blog [...]

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Are you a #Digidisciple ?: I am!

July 8, 2011

There’s is so much going on for me at the moment – so much that I’ve been wanting to share – but have been feeling like I’m standing in front of a firehose ! Nonetheless, here’s one piece of news: I’m joining in the #digidisciple project as a monthly columnist. I’m going to be writing [...]

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5 Things People Assume About Theologians

June 3, 2011

In my experience, and after almost 2 years as a doctoral student in Divinity (Theology and Literature), I’ve been struck by how taken aback people often are when they find out what it is that I spend my time writing about. So, I present to you, from my own limited experience, what i’ve gleaned from [...]

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Blogging, public criticism, and searching my heart redux

March 17, 2011

This is a repost of Blogging, public criticism, and searching my heart from July 2010.This is one time where I feel my thoughts and feelings in a post have only been intensified and confirmed over time.  Sometimes I read a critical comment on mine own or another blog, or I look back at something i’ve [...]

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