Tag: theology

• Words for the Day

  

  ” Where were you, God of kindness …”

  HAT

  January 27, 2023

  Contemplation

  Elie Wiesel Prayer for the Days of Awe, theology

• Words for the Day

  

  “… the act of creation liberates something from within itself outward …”

  HAT

  January 20, 2023

  Contemplation

  Franz Rosenzweig – The Star of Redemption, philosophy, theology

• Words for the Day

  

  “God’s power expresses itself with pure necessity precisely because its interior is …unconditional freedom. …”

  HAT

  January 13, 2023

  Contemplation

  Franz Rosenzweig – The Star of Redemption, philosophy, theology

• Words for the Day

  

  “Maimonides … asserted God’s creativity as [God’s] essential attribute. …”

  HAT

  January 6, 2023

  Contemplation

  Franz Rosenzweig – The Star of Redemption, philosophy, theology

• Reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7 12-22

  

  How easy is it for us to embrace the picture of God presented in 2 Chronicles 7:12-22? …

  HAT

  December 28, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  2 Chronicles 7:12-22, Bible study, exegesis, God, reading the Bible, theology, thinking about the Bible

• On Sending the Rich Away Empty

  

  it might not be as bad as it [might] sound to send the rich away empty

  HAT

  December 20, 2022

  Thinking Out Loud

  exegesis, justice, Luke 1:46-55, Luke 1:46-55 commentary, theology

• “The future of Christianity …” really?

  

  “the question of the future of Christianity” seems like a pretty secular question

  HAT

  November 28, 2022

  Reading Out Loud

  Christianity, religion – Christianity, theology

• “Words for the Great Ordeal”

  

  John relays a message for Christians going through “the great ordeal” now. We still need these words: “Come, Lord Jesus!” and “Come, everyone who is thirsty!”

  HAT

  August 29, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, evangelism, hermeneutics, outreach, Revelation 22:8-17, theology

• “Construction Zone”

  

  a sermon drawn from Revelation 21:9-25

  HAT

  August 14, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, Jesus Christ, Revelation 21:9-25, spiritual formation, theology, worship

• Evidence?

  

  Living evidence for “the existence of God” – or, not?

  HAT

  August 11, 2022

  Thinking Out Loud

  atheism, Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, philosophy, theology

• Reflecting on Revelation 21 1-9

  

  questions for reflection and discussion

  HAT

  August 5, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  critical thinking, eschatology, faith hope and love, reading the Bible, Revelation 21:1-9, theology, thinking about the Bible

• “Powers and Principalities”

  

  racism is a demonic power, in the sense of the “principalities and powers” – !

  HAT

  July 29, 2022

  Reading Out Loud

  politics and religion, racism, theology

• “Signs Visible and Invisible”

  

  A recurring theme in the epistle to the Colossians is the reality – and importance – of things invisible …

  HAT

  July 25, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 2:6-19, exegesis, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, super-empirical reality, theology

• “Hope-full-ness”

  

  A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

  HAT

  July 17, 2022

  Sermons

  Colossians 1:15-29, creation, exegesis, hope, Jesus Christ, suffering, theodicy, theology