In my last post on Urbana 2015, I shared my personal and pastoral reflections on the messages and seminars I heard at the conference. Then as I started this post, I realized that I needed to preface my comments…
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Paul’s Theology on Justice, Righteousness and Reconciliation (A Primer on Justice and Missions, Part 2)
In my last post (Framing Justice Theologically), I posited the following thesis: “Justice–fairness, though important to God and to God’s people, is nevertheless incomplete. God’s justice is larger than simply fairness or equity. God’s justice…
Framing Justice Theologically (A Primer on Justice and Missions, Part 1)
About half way into my ethical and theological reflections on Urbana 15, I realized that I needed to preface my response to the challenging messages by Michelle Higgins and Christena Cleveland and InterVarsity’s courageous choice to…
Reflections on Urbana 2015 (Part 1: Personal and Pastoral)
I’ve been a way from blogging because I had to make an emergency trip to Los Angeles and attend the funeral services of a dear friend whom my wife and I knew since our college…
New Year’s Blessings this 2016
I’ll be driving up today from St. Louis to Chicago, now that Urbana 2015 is over. It was a very amazing conference where God’s grace shined through over and over again. I’m a bit overwhelmed,…
Off to Urbana 2015
Once held in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, the conference has become solarge that it has been moved to the larger convention center in St. Louis I’m off on a road trip to St. Louis to attend…