In our third session of the Reading More Barth Together webinars, we looked at “The Gift of Freedom,” in which Barth sketches the understanding of freedom he thinks necessary for evangelical ethics, and Stanley and I answered some of your questions. You can watch it here on my YouTube channel.
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Happy Birthday to Stanley!
My friend Stanley celebrates (in pandemic isolation) his eightieth birthday today. A few years ago Rob Lee conducted this interview with Stanley. Stanley says some kind things about me and Patsy and also gave me some advice. You might enjoy giving thanks to God for Stanley by listening to this interview. -Will
Reading More Barth Together: Session II
In our second session of the Reading More Barth Together webinars this week. We looked at “The Humanity of God,” the titular essay and answered some of your questions. You can watch it here on my YouTube channel. We’ll be back for the last episode in this series on July 28 at 10AM EST onContinue reading “Reading More Barth Together: Session II”
A Unique Time of God
While I was itching for things to do during Coronatide, I wrote this essay for Plough, thinking about what Karl Barth might have to say these days. It begins: Serving my first parish in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (where Vanna White was in my church youth group, but that’s another story), I read Barbara W.Continue reading “A Unique Time of God”
Stories on Audible
Stories by Willimon, the compendium of some of my favorites to tell which Abingdon published earlier this year, is now available as an audiobook with yours truly as the narrator. When Jesus wanted to make a point, he told a story, so I’ve tried to do the same. –Will
Reading More Barth Together: Session I
We had our first session of Reading More Barth Together, webinars where Stanley and I work through Barth’s essay collection The Humanity of God and take your questions. You can watch it here on my YouTube channel.
National Cathedral Sermon
My sermon for the National Cathedral’s online worship service is now posted online. You can watch the whole service here. I connected the parable of the sower to our plagues of pandemic and white supremacy. -Will
Hoping for Resurrection
I’ll be preaching in the National Cathedral service on Sunday, July 12 at 11:15am EST which will be streamed on their YouTube Channel and posted here afterwards. This will be my fourth sermon from the Cathedral pulpit. I follow my former student William Barber who preached there four Sundays ago. You’ll hear me begin my sermon,Continue reading “Hoping for Resurrection”
Reading More Barth Together
Having closed out the Reading Barth Together series with Stanley on Karl Barth’s Dogmatics in Outline, all five sessions are posted on my YouTube channel for your viewing pleasure. Since those went so well, Stanley and I have decided that we’ll be Reading More Barth Together, starting July 14th. In 1960, the American church got its first look at three of KarlContinue reading “Reading More Barth Together”
Evangelical Reckoning?
No one expected Jerry Falwell, Jr., or Franklin Graham to do anything other than support Trump; it’s fully in line with their right-wing politics. More discouraging and greatly damaging is that evangelicals like Eric Metaxas, Ralph Reed, Albert Mohler, and Robert Jeffress stepped so eagerly in line behind a man who, before he realized thatContinue reading “Evangelical Reckoning?”
