Theology and Interpretation

Theology and Interpretation
Sanctuary, the Bible, and Clarification

Over the summer, you may have heard in news and [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Imagining Leadership

Isaiah 11 (December 8) imagines several qualities of wise leadership: wisdom and understanding, council (or strategic thinking) [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Learning to Pay Attention

This summer I taught a week-long continuing education course for pastors on scripture and ecology. [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Read Before Preaching: Forming Communities of Resistance (2 of 3)

Ed. note: This is the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Greening Spaces

Mark A. Torgerson’s book Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry (Alban, 2012) offers numerous case studies of [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Rural Life

I grew up on a small farm in Eastern North Dakota. In college, I felt a call [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Bathsheba and Preaching in the #MeToo Era

For over a decade, I’ve been researching the various ways [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + End of Life

When people ask what I do, I am reluctant to say I am a hospice chaplain. My [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Change Is Possible and Needed

While the opportunities Scripture offers to speak directly of the beauty, power, and needs of [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching About Racism in Lent

The emotions of Lent: what feelings are evoked from putting [...]