On “Not Getting It” and the Virtue of Humility by Brian Walsh I am always amazed and deeply gratified by how many people take the time to write to me emails and letters of gratitude for my books.
Isaiah 29 in the “Spirit” of Sundance by Brian Walsh The Windrider Forum ended in a worship service with the community at Mountain Vineyard Church.
Sundance, Obama and “Taking Chance” by Brian Walsh So I’m at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this week as a guest of the Windrider Forum from Fuller Theological Seminary.
On EMPIRE and Empire by Sylvia Keesmaat Our friends over at culture is not optional (*cino), Rob and Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma are teaching a course this semester at Calvin College on pop culture and empire.
Automakers Apology We haven’t published a lot of linked items over here at ER, but Jim Wallis’ reflections on GM’s apology seemed worth printing here.
The Cross and Advent :: Luke 9.18-27 by Brian Walsh Delivered at Wine Before Breakfast 9 December 2008 Advent is about a coming, and a longing for that coming.
Economy and Business: Debate on the Queen’s Speech, Monday December 8 2008 At Empire Remixed N.T. Wright is generally known as “the bish.”
Finding the Small and Weak in Advent The following piece is actually an extract from an email we just received from our friend, Joe Abbey-Colborne.
Beyond Homelessness Full Review Our friend Byron Borger over at Hearts & Minds Books in Dallastown Pennsylvania has just posted a full review of Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement, coauthored by Brian Walsh and Steven Bouma-Prediger.
Set the Captives Free? Yes we can (through the cross) by Frederick Harrison I’ve been gnawing on the Luke 7:17-35 passage over the last month.
Getting on with the Work of the Kingdom by Andrew Stephens-Rennie While I was off on retreat in the Gatineaus over the course of the weekend, David Fitch published an excellent post calling the church to continued action and engagement, in that upside-down, kingdom-of God-kind of way.
Obama and Cyrus, A Meditation in the Garden This post was originally composed as an email from Henk Hart (Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, Institute for Christian Studies) in response to Brian Walsh’s musings in “Barack Obama: A Post-Imperial Presidency?”
Barack Obama: A Post-Imperial Presidency? by Brian Walsh It is no overstatement to describe the presidency of George W.
Targum :: Romans 1.1-25 by Brian Walsh In Bob Goudzwaard’s blog on the economic crisis, he raises the issue of idolatry.
In Between the Black and White by Ericka Stephens-Rennie I step into the elevator exhausted and press the button for the ground floor.