• Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    “My dad had to live knowing that his father had tried to kill him” (276).  It is one of the most sobering lines in David Grann’s…

  • The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

    The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

    Spark your thoughts for June 23, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a lively discussion about the texts for the fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

  • Why Pastors Ought To Go Regularly To Confession: 15 Theses

    Why Pastors Ought To Go Regularly To Confession: 15 Theses

    Dr. Stephen Pietsch presented the following theses to fourth year seminarians attending his Theology and Leadership course.

  • The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

    The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

    Spark your thoughts for June 16, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a lively discussion about the texts for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost.

  • Hosea’s Dove

    Hosea’s Dove

    Biblical studies has been enriched in recent decades by the insights of cognitive linguistics, a field that explores the connection between cognition (understanding) and language.…

  • The Church’s Response to Retirement – Dr. Robert Kolb and Dr. Dale Meyer

    The Church’s Response to Retirement – Dr. Robert Kolb and Dr. Dale Meyer

    The next three years mark the largest number of retirement-age Americans in history. “The church didn’t prepare me for it,” said Dr. Dale Meyer as…

  • On My Nightstand

    On My Nightstand

    This first novel by Delia Owens was a #1 New York Times bestselling book and has been made into a full-length motion picture. I can…

  • The Third Sunday after Pentecost

    The Third Sunday after Pentecost

    Welcome to Lectionary Kick-start! Jessica Bordeleau hosts a lively conversation with homiletic professors Dr. David Schmitt and Dr. Peter Nafzger about the upcoming lectionary texts.…

  • The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    In Broken Heart, Johnson traces the origins of St. Louis from its founding as a French fur-trading post to its role in shaping the America…