Archive for October, 2013
Do Christians, Jews, and Muslims Worship the Same God?
The following is a transcript from October 29, 2013, in Christ Chapel of Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN). As part of the “Daily Sabbath: Discuss” fall semester rhythm, the following provocation intended to provide various sides of a particular question, and in doing so, sought to spark discussion surrounding faith, learning, and life in […]
When Does Courage Change the World?
The following is a transcript from October 15, 2013, in Christ Chapel of Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN). As part of the “Daily Sabbath: Discuss” fall semester rhythm, Paula O’Loughlin – Associate Provost and Dean of Arts and Humanities, considered courage in the context of community. I came to Gustavus about a year and half […]
Sewage and Solidarity in the Company of Strangers
The following is a transcript from October 17, 2013, in Christ Chapel of Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN). As part of the “Daily Sabbath: Re:Vive” fall semester rhythm, the following sermon considers Matthew 25:40 in the context of sewage and solidarity. About 3,300 miles to the southeast of Christ Chapel, there sits a small Caribbean […]
So What Does This Mean? A Response to Race-Based Hate
The Gustavus Homecoming festivities of 2013 were vandalized through an abhorrent act of targeted racism. According to a statement made public by the Dean of Students on September 30th, an unknown individual spray-painted a racial slur, accompanied by the name of a current Gustavus student, on a campus sidewalk. As reported by The Gustavian Weekly […]
Hate and the Imago Dei
The act of harming another is at once a forgetting of one’s own belovedness and a denial of the sacredness and dignity of the other. A couple of weeks ago, I was walking around campus with a student who had requested time together to talk about some theological questions. As we began our walk down […]