The following is from Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship (usually known as “The Cost of Discipleship” in English, although the original title in German was simply Nachfolge). Bonhoeffer considers how we might respond to Jesus if Jesus were to show up and make the same kinds of concrete commands that he did in the Gospels. NOTE: I’ve taken…… Continue reading Two of Bonhoeffer’s Most Convicting Paragraphs
Category: The Christian Life
This is where the rubber meets the road. What will you do with the knowledge you’ve been given? How has God gifted you in particular ways to meet particular needs in the world around you? What role do you have to play in advancing the Good Story?
Let’s learn how to be bored again
From “In Praise of Boredom,” by James K.A. Smith. But I know at least this: Instagram won’t save us, and tweeted verse will not undo what we’ve done to ourselves. But neither is there any special enchantment to reading in print. So this is not the Luddite’s redoubt, nostalgically canonizing codex or canvas as if…… Continue reading Let’s learn how to be bored again
Use Rapoport’s Rules for Better Conversations and Disagreements
I’m reading Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s excellent book, Think Again: How to Reason and Argue. In it (on pages 25–26), I came across “Rapoport’s Rules.” First formulated by mathematical psychologist Anatol Rapoport and discussed by Daniel Dennett (Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, 31–35), here they are: 1: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position…… Continue reading Use Rapoport’s Rules for Better Conversations and Disagreements
A Prayer of Confession
To start off the semester the other day, we prayed this prayer of confession together as a class. The professor didn’t remember where the prayer was from, so I tracked it down online. According to Justin Taylor, it was written by Bob Kauflin. Holy and righteous God, we confess that like Isaiah, we are a…… Continue reading A Prayer of Confession
What Attracts People to Anglicanism? Here’s My Take
Based upon my work over at Rookie Anglican, I was asked by The Telos Collective to write a blog post about the different ways that people are coming into Anglicanism. What’s drawing them in? You can read my full post over at the Telos Collective blog, but here’s a taste: Anglican Christianity, precisely because of…… Continue reading What Attracts People to Anglicanism? Here’s My Take
Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson
Previously, I catalogued a bunch of different takes on Jordan Peterson, before giving my own take. Since that post, two other pieces about Jordan Peterson have been written that I’d like to share. “Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy,” by Nellie Bowles (New York Times) Nellie Bowles writes Mr. Peterson, 55, a University of Toronto…… Continue reading Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson
The Grain of the Gospel: Why Christians Should Care about Food Ethics
The following is a guest post written by my friend and former college roommate, Zak Weston. Zak’s been working in the area of food ethics, and I asked him to write up a post about why Christians should care about these issues. It’s an area in which I need to make some changes in my…… Continue reading The Grain of the Gospel: Why Christians Should Care about Food Ethics
What to make of Jordan Peterson? Some takes, then my own.
UPDATE: Read my post, “Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson.” If I remember correctly, I first heard of and listened to Jordan Peterson on an episode of The Art of Manliness podcast. (Or perhaps it was this episode.) However, I could be mistaken, because Peterson’s been popping up in conversation all over the place in…… Continue reading What to make of Jordan Peterson? Some takes, then my own.
Please Don’t Leave Me Alone: On Male Friendships, or the Lack Thereof
Maybe you, like me, consider yourself quite the introvert. Maybe you, like me, have a difficult time walking the tightrope between feeling quickly overwhelmed by interpersonal relationships, on the one hand, and feeling incredibly lonely, on the other hand. Maybe you, like me, feel these problems acutely as a male (although I’m sure that females…… Continue reading Please Don’t Leave Me Alone: On Male Friendships, or the Lack Thereof
Christian, Do the Daily Office: 5 Things You Can Learn from Morning and Evening Prayer
The Problem: We All Need to Grow, But We’re Not Sure How Let’s face it: to say the very least, we Christians all have room to grow when it comes to following Jesus. None of us has “arrived.” There’s always more to learn about who God is, what God has done, and how we can…… Continue reading Christian, Do the Daily Office: 5 Things You Can Learn from Morning and Evening Prayer