Category Archives: Theology

Reading Karl Barth: Bookmarks

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Kerry

Here’s a set of Barth bookmarks (pdf) that display a quotation which captures the joy and the humility with which Barth approached his theological vocation: The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp … Continue reading →

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Accordance Users Conference, Dallas

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Kerry

I’ve previously commented on this blog about my love of Accordance Bible software. The Accordance Users Conference in Dallas this September 24-25 is drawing near, and I can’t wait! The Accordance blog is rife with tantalizing details, currently counting down … Continue reading →

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Reading Karl Barth: Short Introductions

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Kerry

To begin reading Barth, short introductions are particularly helpful because of three ways Barth is an elephant: 1. First, Barth is the elephant in the room of modern theology. Many evangelicals and Reformed distrust him, while mainstream Protestants and Enlightenment … Continue reading →

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Liturgy vs. worship

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Kerry

On Sunday morning, Mark Robinson showed “Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer to make two points: Every church has a liturgy, even “contemporary” ones like Wildwood Liturgy is not the same as worship I love this video! It shows that the liturgy … Continue reading →

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Life Metaphors: Music (2, Time)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Kerry

Theology, Music and Time If my life is a song, I have much to learn about it from music. The previous post in this series (Life Metaphors: Music, Part 1) explored the power of music to resurrect the past and … Continue reading →

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Life Metaphors: Music (1)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Kerry

Whalesong In my first post on Life Metaphors, I observed that seeing life as a journey, a song or a dance is to affirm the presence of lasting meaning in the midst of change. Countless songs liken our experience of … Continue reading →

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Life metaphors: Journey

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Kerry

The most profound metaphors for life are the journey, music, and dance. In recent weeks I’ve been blessed to experience the richness of each of these through a graduation, the discovery of a new song, and a dance recital. Here … Continue reading →

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Accordance for OS X

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Kerry

One of the joys of my daily life is Accordance, the premier software platform for study of the Bible and ancient religious texts. Accordance offers a vast digital library at your fingertips, with impressive e-book features (video). But Accordance is … Continue reading →

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Listening long

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Kerry

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Cicero Relationships between persons depend upon the art of listening. Listening to music, poetry, and even works of art is deeply personal. The same is true for books. The … Continue reading →

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Melville and Mortality

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Kerry

“Call me Ishmael” is not how Moby Dick begins. Rather, the work opens with a scene of dusty old books, pervaded by a sense of mortality, followed by extracts “toward a Cetacean taxonomy” supplied by a “sub-sub-Librarian.” As a curator … Continue reading →

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For a friend who has lost an animal companion

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Kerry

I wrote the following email in 2006 to a family who were devastated by the loss of a beloved dog. I have changed the original recipient’s name to K, and the name of the dog to B. Subject: not without … Continue reading →

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