Category Archives: Books I want to talk about.

2 BALD PASTORS / EPISODE 44: HOLY SPOKES WITH LAURA EVERETT

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2 Bald Pastors / Episode 19: The Bible Episode

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2 Bald Pastors / episode 18: Brian Scott

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“Building Living Stones,” my review of THE DiGiTAL CATHEDRAL, by Keith Anderson

“A Cathedral is an immersive experience of faith formation, with the images, architecture, people, music, and ritual all serving to form those who enter that space. Part of the genius of Cathedrals is the way they affect and shape us … Continue reading

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The New Parish: Daring to Find Your Neighborhood

“Tonight, go for a walk around your neighborhood with the knowledge that God’s Holy Spirit is with you. Invite God to help you see where you live, to see the people who have already been placed next to you. You … Continue reading

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The Faith of Douglass John Hall: Waiting for Gospel

“I have heard it, here and there, in unexpected places, and often in times when I had grown jaded or dejected and looked only for the commonplace. And if I had not heard it, and heard it again and again … Continue reading

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Ministry on the New Frontier; a Review of Clint Shnekloth’s: Mediating Faith

I’m sitting in my office on a Monday morning. Last night before bed I posted in the ELCA Clergy Facebook Group* the struggles I have with the upcoming Sunday’s assigned readings for worship, and have a couple dozen responses to … Continue reading

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Greg Walter Book Blog Tour, Day 4, Being Promised

By Joe McGarry If you have not been following along Greg Walter’s book tour please check out posts by Clint, Geoff, and Steve.  Greg Walter is a professor at St. Olaf College in Minnesota and has written a new book entitled Being Promised: Theology, Gift, and … Continue reading

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Greg Walter Book Blog Tour, Day 3, Religious Consumerism & the Gift Economy

BEING PROMISED: THEOLOGY, GIFT AND PRACTICE, BY GREGORY A. WALTER Dr. Gregory Walter serves as Associate Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. We have never met in person, but met through some mutual friends we share … Continue reading

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Greg Walter Book Blog Tour, Day 2, Being Promised (Christian Theology for a Postmodern World)

by Stephen Schmidt Posted on October 23, 2013 by PastorSteve Gregory Walter I was asked to read Professor Gregory Walter’s new book Being Promised: Theology, Gift, and Practice. It is part of Eerdmans Publishing Company’s series Sacra Doctrina: Christ Theology for a Postmodern Age.  Professor … Continue reading

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