Those of us who’ve grown up in “low church” traditions (for me the Holiness-Pentecostal and Pentecostal/Charismatic traditions) know how right Wright is. We have great difficulty involving ourselves in daily corporate worship because (1) our churches use their buildings once or (at most) twice a week, and (2) we lack the liturgical [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Right Wright on Rite: The Need for Daily Worship
Posted in N.T. Wright, Spirituality, Worship on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Indispensable Practice of Lament, cont.
Posted in Lament, Liturgy, Prayer on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After Mark’s comments in response to my last post, I realized my thoughts needed clarification. First, I want to be careful not to reduce lament to complaint against or questioning of God. It includes that, of course, but it involves much more, as a reading of the Psalms demonstrates. Nonetheless, I want to address some of [...]
The Indispensable Practice of Lament: Some Explanations and an Example (Thanks, David Milch)
Posted in Lament, Prayer, Worship on February 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As Walter Brueggemann reminds us, the practice of liturgical lament is indispensable. We cannot afford not to protest against God to God. A genuine faith – an authentically human faith – not only permits but indeed requires this form of prayer.
Theology of the Last Judgment & the Final State: Benedict XVI
Posted in Benedict XVI, Eschatology, Hell on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In this excerpt from Spe Salvi, Benedict’s second papal encyclical, the Pope puts forward his views of “purgatory” and “hell,” views which I find largely compelling. I especially appreciate his understanding of the Last Judgment before Christ as a kind of instantaneous purgatory.
With death, our life-choice becomes definitive—our life stands before the judge. Our choice, which [...]
Announcing the First Annual Bonhoeffer Blog Conference
Posted in Bonhoeffer on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Halden at Inhabitatio Dei announced yesterday the first annual Bonhoeffer blog conference, scheduled for November of this year. Should be fun.
