Today Rev. Alexia Salvatierra spoke at chapel at Claremont School of Theology. She is the the executive director of CLUE – Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. Her words were convicting and inspiring. She nailed it. She “killed” it (as the cool kids say). She preached on justice. She shared three vignettes that revealed [...]
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Today was the second meeting of the Center for Lutheran Studies at Claremont School of Theology. I am happy to say that this was another great week with many people in attendance. Our time together started with a visit from Bishop Dean Nelson of the Southwest California Synod, and Assistant to the Bishop Heidi Hester [...]
Continue Reading →Here Come the Bishops
This Thursday September 23 at 4:00pm Claremont School of Theology bishops Murray Fink and Dean Nelson will visit the Center for Lutheran Studies for an open table discussion about the Lutheran church and Christian faith today. I invite all who interested in negotiating the confluences of justice, theology, and practical ministry in the church to [...]
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Yesterday was the first “Table Talk” of the year at the Center for Lutheran Studies at Claremont School of Theology. It was rockin! And by rockin’ I mean that Lutheran style refreshments were enjoyed by many as well as good, deep, challenging conversation with the occasional humorous outburst, not unlike the writing of Martin Luther. [...]
Continue Reading →Youth Pastoral Theology
I am now into my second week of seminary of the second year. So far so good! As I get pulled and pushed into the content of each class I continue to be amazed at how fruitful and full of possibility is the field of youth theology, or doing theology from a youthful perspective. For [...]
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