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The theologian as thief: A reflection on Subverting the Norm via “The Orphan Master’s Son” #STN2 10 Apr 2013 | 09:36 am
In addition to attending last weekend’s Subverting the Norm conference (StN), I finished reading Adam Johnson’s captivating and improbably epic novel The Orphan Master’s Son (TOMS). I’d picked the boo...
On divine providence, or What is God responsible for? 1 Apr 2013 | 10:05 pm
Every week, as part of my Overview of Christian Teaching course at Luther Seminary, we students are asked to engage the week’s assigned reading by posting on our class’s online forum a response to a h...
8 reasons I’m excited for the Subverting the Norm conference 26 Mar 2013 | 12:51 am
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a non-Extravaganza conference. The last one, I believe, was a First Third event presented by Luther Seminary’s Children, Youth and Family Ministry program back in...
David Foster Wallace on preaching’s purpose 1 Mar 2013 | 12:20 am
A half-finished thought:1 I was re-reading this 1993 interview of David Foster Wallace from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, and this particular passage jumped out at me: I had a teacher I liked ...
Books I read in 2012 8 Jan 2013 | 09:13 am
This thing gets more bananas every year, don’t you agree? If you don’t, just scroll down a ways. See? I’ll let you get to all of the information below, but I do just want to quickly say that while I r...
Wholeness & Holiness Biblical Purity Curriculum 22 Dec 2012 | 09:51 pm
Since October 2011, my colleague Erik and I have been working to craft a youth- and young adult-friendly biblical purity curriculum out of Dr. Ritva Williams’ grant-funded research on the topic. The r...
Original worship song — “Psalm 121 (Coming Home)” 13 Dec 2012 | 02:38 am
About a month ago, a couple of coworkers of mine got together to brainstorm some ideas for our church‘s upcoming Advent worship season. We came up with a few exciting ideas, including themed postcards...
The beginning of the (sort of) end [+Video] 28 Aug 2012 | 07:14 pm
Hey everyone. Long time no talk. Let me get you up to speed. With our oncologists blessing, I had my chemo port removed yesterday. A short video update detailing the experience is below (Don’t worry,...
Abigail Rian Evans on Cancer & Theology 30 Jul 2012 | 10:21 pm
This post is a part of a series which features an assortment of adroit voices exploring how to think theologically about cancer and those who have it. Read the series introduction or view all posts in...
Radiation orientation & other updates [+Video] 11 Jul 2012 | 08:43 am
Hey everyone. The latest video update is below. If you’re unable to see the embedded video, click here to watch it on YouTube. As you can see from the video, I’m all set up to start my radiation trea...
