Road to Emmaus
The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus complements the story we looked at last week, where Mary first mistakes Jesus for the gardener and then recognizes him as the risen Christ. The...
View ArticleLife of Paul
The Easter season is a time of celebration and proclamation. We celebrate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, and we follow the example of Mary Magdalene and the disciples whom Jesus met on the road...
View ArticleThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
While we generally focus on the more happy parts of Easter—the empty tomb, the glorified Christ, and the brightly colored plastic easter eggs filled with candy—the new life that Jesus brings still...
View ArticleVision of the New Jerusalem
The last full illumination in The Saint John’s Bible celebrates the New Jerusalem that will descend to earth as the fulfillment of the redemption set in motion by Jesus’ incarnation, death, and...
View ArticleRaising of Lazarus
Jesus’ most spectacular miracle, one that forced witnesses to either believe in him or violently reject him, was raising Lazarus from the dead. John’s narration of this miracle focuses on the various...
View ArticlePentecost
Next week the Western church celebrates the feast of Pentecost, the birth of the church. On this day, the church became the embodiment of Jesus on earth, and we celebrate the Holy Spirit’s power to...
View ArticleTo My Students: I’m Proud of You
My job as a writing teacher means I give a lot of constructive-criticism type feedback. This is a necessary part of the job, since you wouldn’t improve if I only praised your writing. But praise is...
View ArticleAt the Intersection: Thinking and Teaching at the Intersection of Theology...
This is the first entry of an ongoing series called “At the Intersection” that profiles the work of academics thinking and teaching at the intersection of two or more academic disciplines. We here at...
View ArticleAm I Rubbish? On Academic Impostor Syndrome
A Guest Post by David Russell Mosley I am the worst theologian there is. When I find myself in a group of my “peers” I feel totally inadequate, as if I can be nothing more than a mere popularizer of...
View ArticleEducational Technology’s Inflated Promises
I recently came across a slender book that aims to redesign liberal education using digital technologies. Titled Open and Integrative: Designing Liberal Education for the New Digital Ecosystem, it...
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