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.
Browse My Theological Library
Deep in the Burbs is my PhD Dissertation, Luther Seminary, 2015
View my articles and papers on academia.edu
Theology Posts
What is the Missional Church?
Deep in the Burbs is a story about the church and the belief that the missional church--missional ecclesiology--offers hope for the church in the twenty-first century. A missional ecclesiology is an understanding that the mission of the Triune God ((I will discuss...
The Trinity Frame
Deep in the Burbs is a story of the Triune God. The research question asks “How might an increased awareness of the social Trinity impact the ideation and praxis of spiritual formation in suburban ELCA congregations?” It might be easy to think of this as if the social...
Spiritual Formation, Adult Learning, and the Entangled Trinity
Deep in the Burbs is a story of people in formation. The task of this project—to ask how an increased awareness and understanding of the social Trinity might impact the ideation and praxis of spiritual formation in suburban ELCA congregations—implies that something...
Finding the Third Way | A Postfoundational Hope for Peace
The Deep in the Burbs Research project is a postmodern story about navigating the treacherous waters between the Scylla of absolutism/positivism/foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism/nihilism/deconstructivism. ((Scylla and Charybdis refers to the hazards...
The Virtual Body of Christ | A Missional Imagination for Community
I was sorting through some old notes this morning and I came across my visual notes from the CML Conference on the Missional Church and Digital Media. The presentations by Mary Hess and Elizabeth Drescher align so well with Deana Thompson And John Roberto's...
The Trinity and the Word of God
The Trinity is a key frame to my research and to the posing of the question. I will elaborate on my Trinitarian perspective later. For now, it is necessary to establish a Trinitarian understanding of the Word of God and how it is manifested in each mode of the Word. I...
Rethinking Faith Formation Visual Notes
The purpose of this conference--Rethinking Faith Formation, held at Luther Seminary--is to create a space where church leaders can gather for encouragement and be challenged to rethink how we cultivate faith formation practices in our local communities. Here are my...
Evangelism, Spirituality, and the Trinity
One of the underlying questions of my research is how the inner life of spirituality relates to the outer life in community. Which comes first? Do we relate to God through an inner life of prayer and meditation that then overflows to others? Or, do we connect to God...
An Image of a Centered Set and the Trinity
Paul Hiebert used set theory as a metaphor to describe how different groups of people can be unified in Christ. Here is a sketch I drew to visualize this. Ephesians 2:18 says it well.