thinking honestly about life and faith
It’s that time of the semester when students are working to finish assignments and teachers are working on grading, assessing the students’ work and hoping to meet the deadlines imposed by university administration, to publish results. Pressure all round. Just … Read More »
The interesting part of our study of ‘Lives of Faith’ is that it provides actual data on what we mean by ‘faith’. In a sense it’s an empirical study: to look at how a person’s faith is worked out in … Read More »
I’m teaching a course on biography. I truly love it. It’s called ‘Lives of Faith’ and it follows James McClendon’s idea of biography as theology (and his book of that name, first published in 1974). I want to offer a … Read More »
I am puzzled by the idea of a conscience vote: simply the idea that somehow we can define some matters as worthy to be decided ‘on conscience’ while all other matters are decided by —well, what? The Australian Parliament is … Read More »
This weekend I began teaching my class on Lives of Faith. It’s one of the most interesting topics in all the things I’ve taught. The unit is based on the methodology of James McClendon who wrote a book Biography as Theology, … Read More »
This semester I’m teaching about Church: and the search for authentic community. Part of that is about the nature of ministry. I have to wrestle with this myself, constantly. What does it really mean to engage as a representative of … Read More »
This semester I’ve been teaching a unit called Who is Jesus? It’s been a good class and we’ve had a good time together. Now I’ve finished the assessments and as always I feel that I have learned a lot from … Read More »
Tomorrow we will take nine ordinands on a retreat, just a few weeks before their ordination. This is one of the most rewarding and awesome elements in my job. It’s such a privilege to be a part of the journey … Read More »
This week we begin some reflections on the cross and resurrection of Jesus. It’s such a big topic and so important:
This semester I’m teaching a unit called Who is Jesus? It’s a good sized class and I am really enjoying them. I think they are enjoying the class too. This week’s topic is ‘Human and Divine’ and it takes us … Read More »