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7 hours ago · October 6, Ordinary 27B (. Job 1:1, 2:1–10) The primary biblical text that addresses human suffering is a comedic folktale. How are we meant to process this? by Clint Schnekloth in the October 2024 issue. Published on September 30, 2024. Share.
7 hours ago · First, a therapist captured my imagination by painting a verbal picture of an oak tree in her backyard, changing with the seasons. Then, a theologian invited me to walk between rows of grapevines, encouraging us to touch and smell the branches and fruit. Lastly, a pastor spoke with passion and conviction about Jesus' teaching on pruning the ...
1 day ago · Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th-oldest public university (32nd overall) in the United States. [10] The school's system comprises the main campus in Oxford, as ...
7 hours ago · Devotion. In our reading we hear how God’s good creation of a human is incomplete without a partner. In seminary we learned that here for the first time gendered words were used in Genesis to describe humans—along with a good natured wordplay showing how intertwined human relationship is: “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.”
7 hours ago · Christians best remember St. Jerome (c. 347-420) for translating the Bible into Latin, and rightfully so, but his body of work includes far more than the Vulgate. He wrote extensive commentaries on many of the Biblical books, he translated sermons and other works from Greek into Latin, and he wrote lengthy letters—which today we call […]
7 hours ago · The problem, as Campbell sees it, is one of formation and discipleship. Christians “don’t have the muscle to have a healthy conversation with someone who voted differently, and can’t tolerate that somebody who shares that faith has a different political conviction.”. In that regard, he said, “The After Party” was a gift from God.
7 hours ago · This week I asked Claudio about how he sustains his creativity. He has written seven books in English and almost as many in Portuguese. He teaches worship and liturgy at Union Theological Seminary. Claudio is widely called upon to preach, lecture, facilitate, and consult with groups in the US, Brazil, and many other places globally.
