The word theology comes from the Greek word theologia which is a composition of the Greek words theos (God) and logos (speech). A theologian is a person who speaks about God. I was fortunate to be taught by several outstanding theologians when I was in seminary. In my first theology class, my …
Recovery
2021 should be named ‘The Year of Recovery.’ For some people, it may not be a recovery year, but for me, the name makes sense. 2020 was a annus horribilis (horrible year). The pandemic struck early and caused death and suffering. The Black Lives Matter movement erupted after the violent death of …
Summons to a Whole People
Most of my life has been partitioned into secular and sacred activities. I made this distinction without ever performing any theological research into why this division exists. I was born into family (secular) and most Sundays went to church (sacred). I later became a student (secular) and played …
Discernment
There have been several times in my life when I felt God calling me. These moments were not the direct, undeniable encounters experienced by Moses and the Apostle Paul. There were no burning bushes or blinding lights. My heart never had the ‘strangely warmed’ feeling that John Wesley experienced on …