The “What the Hell Happened to Me in Seminary” series is a group of blog posts from myself and other seminarians across the country chronicling their experiences while in seminary. None are happy tales of how we saved the world one exegesis at a time. Most will make you cry. All, if we’re lucky, will … Continue reading »
Surviving "The Bible" Miniseries
Reblogged from the parking lot: By Allyson, M.Div Every character in The Bible series that aired on the History Channel did not historically look like biblical characters. Jesus looked like Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall. Moses looked like Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series. I was actually waiting for Moses to use the … Continue reading »
Catchin’ Feelings: A Man Named Daniel
I’ve been in a love affair with a guy named Daniel for years. He’s accompanied me to church, bible study, Sunday school, and small groups. He’s been my shoulder to cry on when life’s kitchen had the heat on hell and reminded me that there was always a “fourth man” standing in the “furnace” with … Continue reading »
Easter: Get Outta My Seat Day!
Hey guys. Every year around this time, we gear up to remember the greatest moment in history: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We take off work, get our hair done (or did, depending on where you’re from), get our best clothes and food prepped for “the big day”. We send out the inspirational quotes and … Continue reading »
Sometimes.
Just a quick post about “sometimes.” Many times we go before God praying, fasting, interceding for particular things. When we get our answer, if we are brave enough, we’ll go forward in obedience to what He’s told us to do. We give God a lip-quivering “yes”. Then, as we go forward, we hit a road … Continue reading »
What’s in it for Me?
Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?” I rocks with Peter. He was a hot head, cursed regularly, a passionate fellow. He was overly confident in himself and impulsive. And in Matthew 19:27, Peter asks the Messiah, King of Kings, Jesus Christ of Nazareth the one … Continue reading »
Turning, Shaking, and Preparing Tables
Grammy Award winning singer Adele “turned” tables. Reality T.V. star K. Michelle “shook” tables. God (who needs no introduction) “prepares” tables. We all know the familiar scripture out of the 23rd Psalm where David writes about his dependent relationship on the shepherd of all shepherds, God. In verse five, David says that God “preparest a … Continue reading »
Kim Kardashian: Pregnant & Alone!
Reblogged from Find The Pieces: Dear Kimberly, I’ll start this off by acknowledging the fact that you’re still a married woman who’s in a serious relationship with Kanye West. I’m not judging but it’s worth mentioning for the sake of this blog. It bears mentioning so that the readers won’t have to bring that up in … Continue reading »
Freedom: It’s Relative
Today, the Candler School of Theology had the opportunity to host Voices of Hope, a choir composed of women who are currently in prison at the Lee Arrendale Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison two hours northeast of Atlanta. Candler has been abuzz about their arrival for weeks; “A life changing experience!” one of my third … Continue reading »
Rapper Cassidy Brings Jesus to Kill it on The Breakfast Club
Real quick post! Ya’ll know I’m ALL ABOUT fusing faith and culture, and while many of us haven’t heard anything from the rapper Cassidy in a minute, he brought that F I R E on New York City’s top rated morning show, The Breakfast Club with host Charlamagne tha God. Not only did Cassidy repesent … Continue reading »
