Theology
Theology is one of those scary words that either intimidates people or rallies them for a fight. It shouldn't be that way.
Theology is just the process of talking (or doodling) about God.
A Friendly Introduction to Theology
This playlist of videos comes from a course I taught at Grace Lutheran Church in 2016. It builds off of the book Making Sense out of the Christian Faith by David Lose and combines it with my cartooning style and theological perspective. Watch. Share. Enjoy.
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Deep in the Burbs is my PhD Dissertation, Luther Seminary, 2015
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Theology Posts
Love Is What Is by Richard Rohr
Love Is What Is by Richard Rohr ((from his daily meditation.)) Sunday, November 23, 2014 The core belief of all the great world religions is that the underlying reality is love. Teilhard de Chardin says that “love is the very physical structure of the universe.”...
Wealth, Social Class, and the Kingdom of Heaven | A Visual Sermon from Matthew 25:31-46
Listen to the sermon audio One lens through which we can look at the human condition is that of the socio-economic landscape. What did Jesus have to say about how the socio-economic classes should interact? There are basically three classes of people in the world,...
Heaven and Earth
Here is another good animation from The Bible Project that visualizes the Biblical theme of Heaven and Earth. I appreciate what these guys are doing and the emphasis they put on the merging of God's space and our space into one, rather than the transference from our...
Read moreDear God, you have promised that whenever 2 or 3 are gathered in your name, you are there also. As we gather together here in this place, we remind ourselves that you are already here, fully present as God our creator, the One who made us in your own image and who even now knows the thumping of each heart in this room. We remind ourselves that you are fully present as Jesus, our brother, our savior, who walked the earth as we walk it, who lived within human relationships we live within relationships. We remind ourselves that you are fully present as the Holy Spirit, the one who gives life and breath and ignites each of our own Spirits. God, Three in One, we ask that you would help each of us to also be fully present to you and to each other. Help to really live your command to love one another, and in doing so, let this time together be a reflection of your own great glory. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
A Trinitarian Prayer
This prayer was written by a Deep in the Burbs Research Team Member. This team member felt it reflected the impact that an increased awareness and understanding of social Trinity has had on them. Dear God, you have promised that whenever 2 or 3 are gathered in your...
An Animated 1 Corinthians 12 | We are the Body of Christ
https://youtu.be/YA5Rj7YcN-I I created this animation for the third installment of the Own Your Faith videos called My Gifts. The entire animation project was done in Toon Boom Animate and took two full days to complete. It's pretty basic, but I think it gets the...
Three Pictures of God
You can't really have pictures of God. These drawings are more about three frames, or worldviews, that people have about how God relates to the universe. I drew them this week in preparation for Bible Mania where I will use them to speak to how these frames impact our...
Book | The Social God and the Relational Self by Stanley Grenz
Grenz, Stanley J. The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Author - Stanley Grenz Grenz traces the historical backdrop of the concept of self in the West in order to...
Lutherans in the Suburbs
The Deep in the Burbs Research Project is a story of a particular place in Midwest suburbia. It was necessary to pursue this research in a specific location, through participatory action research within three neighboring congregations, because it is my assumption that...
Another PhD Candidate Seeking Missional Spirituality
I was very happy to discover a kindred spirit through the help of Twitter. Christopher B. James is a PhD Candidate at Boston University School of Theology in Practical Theology with a dual-concentration in Church & Society and Evangelism. He blogs about it at...