A reflection on Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, using the writing of Kate Bowler, Chris Green, Esau McCaulley, David Taylor, and Tish Harrison Warren, as well as the music of The Brilliance. Continue reading Death and Denial: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
I recently read John Dickson’s excellent book Bullies and Saints, and it provoked some thoughts on how we relate to the wrongs of the past. This is not a book review, but some reflections based on the book with implications for us today. Continue reading “The Lumpiness of History”
I look back at all the books I read in 2022, sharing which ones continue to stand out to me. Continue reading 2022 Reading List
An update on the writing I have done over the last year, but which has not appeared on this blog. Continue reading Writing Updates
Every year I try to read 50 books. The only time I actually accomplished this was 2019. Until this year, when I finished 67 books. There are two main reasons why I read so many books this year. First, I began researching the Psalms in preparation of starting my PhD in 2022. Through the summer … Continue reading 2021 Reading List
Lessons on disagreement from the letters of Henri Nouwen. Continue reading On Disagreement
We’re coming up on a full year of COVID services at my church. As we begin to think about the possibility of reopening in the coming weeks and months, I have a question I think needs to be pondered. Continue reading Before We Reopen: A Question for the Church
One would think that a global pandemic would be conducive to lots of reading. This was not the case for me this year, as I often found myself behind on my reading goals. I still managed to read a number of quality books. As I wrote here, each year I try to read a number … Continue reading 2020 Annotated Reading
What does my thesis from four years ago have to say about justice, Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory? This post answers that question, and is for those weary of entering discussions on racial injustice, or who are eager to dismiss them altogether. Continue reading Nothing New Under The Sun
Pastors and church leaders, as a result of the global pandemic, have an opportunity to rethink and reimagine what the church will look like moving forward. I offer three principles to guide our conversations about the church. In Part 1 I looked at Simon Chan’s Liturgical Theology and the first principle: we need to define the church … Continue reading Re:Church [Part 3]
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James M. MacKnight 