Geoffrey Holsclaw

The New Hampshire Public Radio has just run a story about No Sweat Apparel. Check it out. Cyd and I have been buying shoes ans shirts from them for a while. Quality, well made stuff. And responsible too.

I’m very much looking forward to Obama’s acceptance speech tonight. And seeing the reaction from various fronts. It is good to be living into these moments. And as a contrast, living into the Russo-Georgian ‘war’ also seema to be a moment in 21st century global politics. America might get its first Black President, and Russia […]

“I think that any sermon on the salvation of the soul, on love of the poor, any so-called eucharistic ritual, any evangelical discourse that doesn’t concern itself with saving the earth and its natural resources, is perverted. How can certain men and women repeat the words “This is my body, this is my blood” over […]

Some great posts on christian politics, or on not always as christian as we might think. “Not Voting” as an Act of Christian Discernment– by Dave FitchChanging the Wind?– over at Jesus ManifestoAdvise Everyone…Endorse No One– by Shane Claiborne

Posting these days gets more difficult, esp. with learning German and working on some articles. Although I have set up a facebook account, finally, and mostly living through that cyber-portal.

(these are my reading notes for my Christian Liturgy Class) In his essay, Kevin Irwin notes two types of liturgical theology: first, reflection on the meaning/significance of the liturgy, particularly the sacraments; second, using liturgy as a principle source for systematic theology. This dialogue is noted in the reciprocal relationship between lex orandi and lex […]

hello everyone, so classes have started in my program at Marquette, which is partly why I’m not posting hardly at all. I love it! And church stuff is keeping me busy also. But I’m very excited to announce that beginning next week I’ll be contributing to the now collaborative blog at Jesus Manifesto.

So I’m reading through a copy of a Scot McKnight‘s new “A Community Called Atonement.” It really is a great book and I’ll write a review of it soon. But something struck me that I wanted to comment on. At the end of a chapter where Scot explores Jesus’ own interpretation of his death, linking […]