This post isn’t intended to shame you into working out, or for eating more than you ought, or overindulging in what is meant to be a delicacy as if it were a bowl of rice. I’m sure you feel as uncomfortable reading that as I do writing it, as these things already have major cultural stigmas attached to them. Instead of just showering you with guilt, social exile, or doom and gloom health style, I […]
Since the regrettable events in Charlottesville, Donald Trump has been fond of proclaiming (and tweeting) that Americans should “come together as one.” The message rings hollow at the moment for many Americans who feel that Trump’s recent statements (and official pardons) only further deepen the divide among Americans. And despite glimpses of the best of American solidarity in the awful aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, many will agree that the future continues to look bleak when […]
This summer, I got to read through Ephraim Radner’s Time and the Word: Figural Reading of the Christian Scriptures. When we flipped the calendar to August, and I traded theology for middle school literature, sharpening the transition from student to teacher, I was surprised to discover how theologically rewarding my experience would be. I want to tell you two stories from my classroom about figural readings of To Kill a Mockingbird and then turn them into an argument for […]
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Summer School 2017 I recently returned from three weeks in Mainz, Germany at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz for their International German and Theology Summer School 2017. I heard about the summer school from my colleague who attended the summer school last year in 2016. He had a great experience and recommended the program. I was definitely able to confirm all of the great things he had to say about it! I would like […]
I just came back from a week-long missions vision trip in the Philippines. It was a whirlwind of a trip, traveling to a new place everyday, but it was a great time of encouragement and eating, meeting and worshipping with other believers from different places. While the Philippines has recently been in the news, due to the terrorist activity in the southern Philippines, we went to the northern part of the Philippines, which is relatively safe. My […]
Thes past few weeks have sucked. By far, I cannot remember a more emotionally draining, politically charged season. I kept looking at the news to see what would happen next; I kept checking Facebook to see what my friends and acquaintances thought about the events that have been unfolding. My heart is so burdened by the amount of ignorance, hatred, and complete lack of empathetic love I have seen at Charlottesville and online. I am […]
Our imaginings of the afterlife often include getting answers to questions the knowledge and experience of the world couldn’t answer. Likewise, the pilgrim of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy seeks out heavenly wisdom to satisfy his own burning question: How is God just if people who never received knowledge of Christ’s salvation or the opportunity for baptism are condemned? In Canto 20, the souls represented in the heavenly sphere of Jupiter direct the pilgrim’s attention to […]
A few weeks ago, I was asked to write a supplemental reading for our Life Group curriculum here at Fellowship Dallas. It was an awesome week at our church where we baptized over 25 people who had made a profession of faith and had decided to follow Jesus. Being the nerd that I am, I chose a difficult passage where Paul alludes to the rite of Old Testament circumcision without much in the way of […]
This past year, I had the privilege to attend the popular Drive Conference hosted by North Point Ministries. It was a time for my colleagues and I to travel and enjoy a wonderful time together. This was my first time in Atlanta, first time experiencing true southern hospitality, and first time experiencing the famous Waffle House. In a nutshell, the Drive Conference is basically North Point Community Church leaders sharing what they do week in […]
We’re so very excited to say that tomorrow marks the 6th Anniversary of The Two Cities blog! Many thanks to all of you who have read and engaged our blog posts over the years. It really means a lot to us and we’re looking forward to more of it. We’ve recently come off of a brief sabbatical and we’re gearing up for a new and exciting year of musing and reflecting on theology, culture, and […]
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