Author Archives: embodiedtheology

I attended a meeting last night of the music department at a church I sometimes help out at during big holidays. They have an annual (well, only two years so far) cookout at the director’s home. He asked several questions which piqued my theological antennae. First, what was your mountain top moment for the year?Continue reading “Tiny Bubbles”

Matthew 5:38-48 Before I begin the gospel reading, I believe we need some context for this part of the Sermon on the Mount. First, the old saying “an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind” was not always so famous. For ancient Israelites, this meant a defined end to what could’ve been decades of bloodContinue reading “2/19/2017 Sermon”

From the beginning of the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit was an active participant in creation as an active and dynamic force of wind hovering over the waters of primordial earth (Gen 1:2). This dynamic force of wind took many forms throughout the Tanakh, including the burning fire inside Jeremiah’s bones (Jer 20:9) as well asContinue reading “Finding my Pneumatology”

Elsa Tamez, “The Bible and the Five Hundred Years of Conquest” Yet another article is fascinating in its scope and depth of content. Tamez lays out the basis for the development of Liberation theology and Liberation biblical interpretation by showing the historical background of the methods used in South America for biblical interpretation. The authorContinue reading “Article Review”

An experimental exegesis outside my own social location: this was an exercise in my cross-cultural New Testament class. New Illumination of Jesus through a Buddhist Text: A comparative look at Matthew 5:38-42 and the Dhammapada My exegesis will take the social location of a teenage Vietnamese girl who was raised in a Catholic home inContinue reading “Cross-Cultural Exegesis”

Review: George M. Soares-Prabhu’s “Two Mission Commands: An Interpretation of Matthew 28.16-20 in the Light of a Buddhist Text”   To be honest with you, this article is fascinating. Well, half of the article is fascinating. Soares-Prabhu (SP)’s article uses a command to spread religion in both Christianity and Buddhism as a way to shedContinue reading “Article Review”

I wrote a small reflection for a gathering of the North Suburban cluster of churches who are members of Community Renewal Society. Here’s the reflection: So I have been tasked with preparing today’s faith reflection. Given the ecumenical nature of our group, it was difficult to choose a text that could be broadly relatable asContinue reading “Faith Reflection”

While in seminary at Garrett-Evangelical, I learned two things that arose above the rest of my education, due partially to the Methodist denomination of the seminary. First, that the perceived disconnection between body and soul rose early in the history of the Christian Church, a wound that has caused much pain over the centuries. Second, thatContinue reading “Why embodied?”