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.

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.

View a College Course Introduction

Browse My Theological Library

Visualizing an Open and Relational Theology

Deep in the Burbs is my PhD Dissertation, Luther Seminary, 2015

View my articles and papers on academia.edu

Theology Posts

Congregation Class Notes | March 13

These are my class notes from this past Wednesday. Dr. Keifert explained why he used the phrase "listen your partner into free speech." He says that free speech is not possible without deep listening.

A Happy Little Scholar Moment

I am an emerging scholar. In other words, I still don't know exactly what I'm doing and I get really happy when something works and seems scholarly. Something like that happened to me last night. I am working on my dissertation proposal right now. The first part of...

George Herbert Mead | Me and I

I've done a little more digging into George H. Mead. His work definitely connects with my MeWe principle. Two websites here and here have summarized his work. I haven't yet delved into his work directly, although I have located it. Mead, George Herbert, and Charles W....

The Congregation | Class Notes | February 27 | Church Future Finder

Here are my notes from class on February 27, 2013. Dr. Kiefert spent a good amount of time talking about how North American church leaders are "mesmerized by numbers" and are operating within the wrong narrative to interpret them. Rather than analyzing demographics...

What is Justice?

Here is a thought that popped into my mind yesterday regarding justice. This is an admitedly simplistic and flawed piece of logic, but thought provoking none-the-less. if the (simplistic) definition of justice is "to give what is deserved" then the action of justice...

The Vine of John 15

https://youtu.be/UeYp6L-LXSA The vine is the central image of the Gospel. It demonstrates the perichoretic power of the Gospel. That is the power of indwelling the other as demonstrated in the Trinity.

The End of Suburbia Documentary

Paper | An Introduction to Relational Ontology by Wesley J. Wildman

Abstract This paper argues that there is value in a systematic philosophical approach to relations and surveys some of the major issues in the philosophy of relations. Rather than siding withrelational ontology over substantivist ontology, however, the paper argues...