I sometimes tease my wife that we’re from completely different generations because she was born before man walked on the moon, while I was born after that paradigm-shifting event (we’re only 18 months apart). She emerged into this world in the 60s, whereas I was born in a different decade. (I should note she’s not…
A few weeks ago I spent time with the Society of Vineyard Scholars when they met in Seattle. One of the many things they did well was commit to some quality audio and video recording of various sessions. I’m happy to share this production of my evening plenary talk, “The Spirit of Knowledge: Outline of…
FYI: The first part of a multi-part interview about my new book, Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy, has just been posted at the blog of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Joe Gorra, who I met last week at the Society of Vineyard Scholars conference, asks some helpful questions about the connections between and…
Frank Gehry is an architect that people love to hate, mainly because he is one of the few contemporary American architects who has become a “brand”–to the point that you keep waiting for a Gehry design line to start showing up in a Target store near you (a la Michael Graves). Associating your name with…
This semester I have the privilege of leading what is informally known in my department as “senior seminar”: a capstone course for our majors that gives us freedom to design a one-off course, usually focused on some aspect of our current research. In the fall semester this is focused on a topic; in the spring…
I’m just returning from a few days at the Society of Vineyard Scholars conference, which was exhausting but also a blessing. Good people with an exciting vision of how reflection can serve the church’s mission: sign me up for more of that. I’ve also never had a speaking engagement in which I’ve felt more cared…