I come from a family that has three generations of military service. My great-grandfather was a soldier in World War One. My grandfather was a convoy truck driver in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps during World War Two. My gentle Mennonite mother was a military nurse in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves — fortunately, […]
My recent post about the place of experience generated some conversation over on Facebook, and it reminded me how compelling personal experience is in forming one’s theological convictions. A couple of friends mentioned specific types of experience that cannot and ought not be ignored, including experience that can challenge long and deeply held theological convictions. […]
When I was growing up in church, I learned that what we believed was certain, so much so that we wondered how it was that anyone could doubt. This was so ingrained in my thinking that I recall reacting with shock when I read that evangelical Christianity, the kind that had shaped me, fell into […]
I wasn’t always a theology professor. I used to be a youth pastor, and I was also a chaplain and a family ministries pastor. I have been in the midst of messy life situations with people in turmoil. That’s why I am hurt by comments about being in an ivory tower, or by being called […]
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