Can Presbyterians be Co-Creators?

November 8, 2006

I love watching Presbyterians get antsy. Especially those who are “really” Presbyterians. You know, the hard-core Presbyterians. They were baptized, confirmed, went to Triennium, probably served on a local Youth Council, probably even went to General Assembly as a YAD (Youth Advisory Delegate). And now they’re in seminary, passing right through the ordination process, passed [...]

Tags: Open-Theism, Relationality, Theology

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Giving the mind a break…

January 14, 2005

Sleeping in, playing with computers, hanging out with Josh, listening to the iPod, relaxing…life after finals. What a beautiful, beautiful thing. It feels so good to be done with the paper(s). I’ll be blogging more tonight and tomorrow - anyway, for anyone who has any desire to read a bit about open theism and relationality, [...]

Tags: Academics, Open-Theism, Open-View-of-God

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Boyd on the Tsunami

January 7, 2005

Greg Boyd, pastor of Woodland Hills Church, and big open-theism author, preached on the problem of evil, the Sunday after the tsunami. He has a lot of resources here (including audio of the sermon, powerpoints and a study guide). I don’t have time to listen to this and comment, but feel free to here. Hopefully [...]

Tags: Open-Theism, Theology

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Adam & Eve

November 15, 2004

My buddy Cory has some great thoughts today on Adam & Eve, sin and the current state of the world (I won’t tell you what he says, but he really doesn’t like Augustinian theodicy). He raises some good questions and poses some good thoughts. Was the eventual “fall” of Adam & Eve a fall out [...]

Tags: Open-Theism, Process-Theology, Theology

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Open Theism thoughts…

August 23, 2004

Jen Lemen hooked me up with this article by Huntington College professor Dr. John Sanders, entitled: “On Heffalumps and Heresies: Responses to Accusations Against Open Theism” (PDF here). I had a chance to read through it this past weekend while traveling to/from Idaho, and I really enjoyed it for the most part. I’m still working [...]

Tags: God, Open-Theism, Theology

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Northern Cascades

August 13, 2004

My friend Bryan and I are heading up to Seattle to pick up Steve tonight, and then we’re off to Bellingham where we’re staying the night at Steve’s brother, Jessie’s house. Then we’re all off in the morning for a hike somewhere in the Northern Cascades. We’ll hike tomorrow and hang out, camp, etc., and [...]

Tags: God, Open-Theism, Theology

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