Bleak Theology

Let's blow the dust off this thing. Over the past week, my blog stats have spiked and I can't figure out why. So I googled "bleak theology" to see if anyone had linked to me. Not that what I found caused the spike, but I found the blog of one Leon Niemoczynski (a great last

Today is the two-hundredth birthday of Søren Kierkegaard. It's hard to grasp that. This man, this singular man and thinker has been more influential upon my thinking and sense of self and understanding of the world than any other person. In fact, it's difficult to say much about him and his influence, it is so

The marathon begins in violence, death, and tragedy. Most people do not know that Pheipippides, who ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persian threat in 490 BCE, died with the words, "Rejoice, we win!" on his lips. We, as civilizations, have worked hard, through the institution

Early last night, as I passed through Manhattan's Columbus Circle subway station on the way home, there was a beggar sitting and hunched awry at the bottom of the steps to the A train. His legs were splayed around him, as if in a strange circle, his hands raised. His right hand held a cup.

Last night, we had our first Theology Circle on Bonhoeffer. Twelve of us, beers in hand, crammed together on a long picnic table in the back of a low-lit, noisy Brooklyn bar and talked about the meaning of "church". To set the scene, I started out talking about Bonhoeffer's life and context and how much