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Review of Gaslighting for God
Becky Garrison has written A Satirical Guide to Save Yourself from Spiritual Narcissists (Lake Drive Books, 2026) which is the subtitle to this accessible and important book. Churches in Australia have started to respond to the evidence that clergy have… Continue reading
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Religious Horizons & Christian Nationalism
One of the things that I love most about living in Iowa is its huge, expressive skies. Taking in the vast horizon, with vibrant blues and greens and stark whites, is calming after a frantic day. Rather than narrowing my… Continue reading
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Women, behold your son. Behold, your mother.
For Good Friday, I had the pleasure of being part of a preaching team for a joint service between two congregations in Montreal, Québec. Each preacher spoke on one of the seven last words of Jesus while on the cross.… Continue reading
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Debunking Easter: The Women at the Cross
‘Crucifixion’ (1495) by Giovanni Donato da Montorfano, photographed by me at The Last Supper Museum in Milan, Italy. Easter has been a major Christian holiday, celebrated by billions for millennia. How we tell and are told the Easter story impacts… Continue reading
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Grappling with Greek and not hiding under a bushel: on Mark 4:21-25
I’ve been studying Ancient Greek for over thirty years. Niche? Maybe. As someone for whom Greek has therefore become an engrained part of who I am and how I think, it has also had a profound effect on how I… Continue reading
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Review of Frontier Man
Frontier Man by Bonnie J Flessen (Resource Publications, 2025) tells the story of three travellers – Batos, Domitia and Virgos – who have heard about Jesus and are seeking the apostle Paul so they can hear more. Each chapter takes… Continue reading
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Remembering as Repentance
In his 2022 article, “Contested Memorials and the Discipleship of Christian Memory,” James Crockford writes that “memory is a vital theological theme. Whether in the Deuteronomist’s repeated exhortation to ‘remember’ the liberation of God’s people from captivity in Egypt, or in Christ’s command… Continue reading
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Doing Midrash
I spent the first 10 years of my career in student ministry, and through that work, I developed a deep love for Scripture, exegeting and teaching it. The love persists, and as my faith and theology have evolved and I… Continue reading
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Choose Life: Nonviolence, Repentance, and the Beloved Community
Last week, as images and stories once again emerged from Minneapolis—of violence, grief, outrage, murder, and communities crying out for justice—I had the privilege of traveling across the Southern United States on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage. What I encountered there… Continue reading
