“So, what do the postmoderns think?”
October 6, 2005
Today in one of my precepts, we were having a conversation about creeds, atonement theories, salvation, cathechismal (we think it’s a word). At the end, one of my classmates looked at me and said, “So, what do the postmoderns think?”
It kind of caught me off-guard for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, I’m [...]
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EC05: Learning Community :: Truth
May 18, 2005
Tim Keel and Carla Barnhill share with us how things are going to work with these learning communities - we are encouraged to share even during the time that the speakers are presenting with us.
John Franke (Theologian) @ Biblical Theological Seminary (their whole faculty is here at the convention - apparently they are trying to [...]
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Entering my post-Derridean/pre-______ Phase
November 24, 2004
I’m not sure if you’d call it a pride issue, or what, but I really wanted to do Derrida for this paper. I wanted to be able to say that I used Derrida for my paper and I thought there was a connection between Dionysius and Derrida. There is actually a connection and Derrida did [...]
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Pomo Youth Sunday Sermon
April 30, 2004
One of the joys of having been on staff at Camp Sawtooth for a few years is keeping in touch with students. A girl who is in high school just emailed me, sharing with me how she and others had become members of their PC(USA) church last Sunday and the youth gave the sermon (it [...]
Tags: Postmodern, Sermons, Tolerant, Youth Ministry Posted in Ministry | 7 Comments »
Wicker Park Grace
November 30, 2003
Nanette Sawyer, over at Wicker Park Grace, commented on her blog about .bE and some of the stuff we’ve been doing, so I wanted to share with you her site and a bit about her project.
Nanette is a recent M.Div. graduate from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and she began this project called Wicker Park [...]
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Grenz @ JAVA
September 6, 2003
I just returned from an afternoon at JAVA (’my spot’/coffeehouse in Twin Falls). I spent the afternoon with Stanley Grenz [just a clarification that most likely does not need to be made...I didn't really hang out with Grenz...I was just reading his book], discussing the rise of the modern world. Interesting stuff…he writes in his [...]
Tags: Postmodern, Theology, Truth Posted in Theology | 11 Comments »
Did God Want a Metanarrative?
September 5, 2003
Metanarrative :: “Any founding or overarching story that gives rationale and legitimation for a particular worldview, perspective, or value system…The postmodern critique of metanarratives is but an echo of the biblical warning against idolatry and, by implication, the totalizing of any theory or narrative other than God’s story…” (A Is For Abductive: The Language of [...]
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“Method” to our Madness: Why This Space?
August 30, 2003
Dear friends [and random webloggers who have stumbled across this blog]:
I have created this space so that you might become a part of the writing process that will lead to a book my friend Tony and I are writing re: postmodernism (PoMo) and Christian faith. This space will feature the rough drafts of sections for [...]
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: I am a 28 yr old 
