Articles
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They Changed My Bible Again . . and Again . . . and Again
Why I Stopped Worrying About Finding the Perfect Bible Translation: Another Set of Revisions to the English Standard Version
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The 4.74 degrees of separation between you and me
So, apparently, the six degrees that used to separate you and me has shrunk. The number of people separating anyone from anyone else in the…
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Textual Presence and Sermon Preparation: A Visual Feast
This past Thanksgiving, we were watching The King’s Speech and someone sat on the DVD remote. The screen froze. And in the midst of the…
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When social capital trumps theology
Robert Putnam’s substantive findings on religion and civic engagement give us more than enough food for thought.
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Whooping Cranes
Peter Mathieson, in his book, Birds of Heaven, made the comment that one “one way to grasp the main perspectives of environment and biodiversity is…
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Veni, veni
And do it soon, please.
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Epiphany 3 • Jonah 3:1–5, 10 • January 22, 2012
by Bruce Schuchard “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call…
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The Bible as literature: how a book transforms time and space
In preparing for a class on “The Bible as Literature,” I discovered again how time and space are transformed by one written word.
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Can religion and politics make us more civil?
E.J. Dionne raised the question at a recent lecture at nearby Washington University. Perhaps the better question to ask is this: Can I love my…