Descending Theology: The Resurrection. Mary Karr 13 Jun 2012 | 06:43 am

One of the tasks given me when I arrived to teach in the USA was to include more American writers in my course work. So I started by working up some thoughts on various American poets, most of whom I ...

No Condemnation 9 Jun 2012 | 02:13 am

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1...

Intimate Supper 8 Jun 2012 | 07:00 am

I love this poem by Peter Redgrove. He switched on the electric light and laughed, He let light shine in the firmament of his ceiling, He saw the great light shine around and it was good He spun t...

Summer Study at Yale 9 May 2012 | 01:03 am

Do you have a free week in June? We have summer schools at Yale, including a symposium on the Environment, a week of courses focused on the Bible, and a week of classes on practical ministry tools. J...

Naming God 3 May 2012 | 07:42 am

I published this essay earlier this year in Yale Divinity School’s “Marquand Reader” Naming God: Inclusive and Expansive language Maggi Dawn “Like the nine billion names of God Don’t bring you any...

Good Friday 7 Apr 2012 | 10:01 am

What’s good about it? From three o’clock on Friday until sunrise on Sunday – this is the one day in the year when – liturgically speaking at least – we contemplate the absence, the silence of God. Wh...

I have a dream 5 Apr 2012 | 06:20 am

A few weeks ago my son and I spent a few days’ break in Washington DC. Spring was early, and we walked in the shade of the blossoming cherry trees around the tidal basin, viewing the monuments to vari...

Blogging and theology 5 Apr 2012 | 02:15 am

In my class on theology and literary form, we have included a component that looks at blogging from a literary point of view. Blogging, and other related social media, are often analysed from the poin...

you’ve only got 100 years to live 4 Mar 2012 | 12:16 pm

The Place where we are Right. Yehuda Amichai 28 Feb 2012 | 03:44 am

The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. The place where we are right Is hard and trampled Like a yard. But doubt...