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November 22, 2008 >> 11:15:09 AM
SBL:Part 1
After a marathon 19 hour drive, we all arrived in one piece in Boston for SBL. At the request of Dr. Ruth Anne Reese, we went to the IBR meeting last night and heard Dr. Joel Green present a great paper on conversion and what it means in Luke/Acts. Thanks to Baker publishing we all went home with a few new (and free) books. We then made our way back to the hotel to cram 5 grown men into a small room.
Many Masters level students make appointments with potential locations for post-graduate work while at SBL. I choose to take advantage of the 156,987,842 Dunkin Donuts locations and made a small list of papers I would like to see. From my initial vantage point, SBL is a great place for any student of the bible, no matter if your focus is academic or pastoral.
November 21, 2008 >> 05:32:34 PM
This Christmas
November 20, 2008 >> 02:03:16 PM
SBL Bound
One of the things that seminary students do during "reading week" (at least that is what it is supposed to be for) is drive half-way across the country to go to the annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature. Having heard about this for two years, I have decided to take the plunge. This afternoon I will load up in a car with 3 classmates and drive around 15 hours to Boston. I will be doing some basic updating here, or if you want a more in-depth look into things, check out my site here.
Thanks and I look forward to sharing this experience with everyone.
November 20, 2008 >> 09:02:55 AM
Order of St. Luke Worship announcements
Tuesday, Dec. 2nd- Rev. Evan Dolive, MDiv, from Lexington Theological Seminary will lead us in worship and preside over the Lord's Table.
Thursday, Dec. 4th – Dr. Michael Pasquarello will lead us in worship and preside over the Lord's Table.
Special Note: Thursday, Dec. 4th, will be the last service of the Order of St. Luke for the fall semester. Morning services will resume the second week of February. Please watch for our announcements. It has been a joy to worship with those of you who attended. Have a blessed Christmas and peaceful rest between semesters.
Contact teri.lucas@asburyseminary.edu if you have any questions about the Order of St. Luke.
November 18, 2008 >> 10:16:57 AM
Order of St. Luke Worship announcements
Everyone is welcome to share in this wonderful liturgical experience as we celebrate the sacramental life together.
Tuesday, Nov. 18 - Leanne Zeck, MDiv, will lead worship and share the message. Rev. John Hatton from Southern Hills UMC will preside over the Lord's Table.
Thursday, Nov. 20 – Fr. Peter Matthews from St. Patrick's Anglican Church will lead us, share the message, and preside over the Lord's Table.
Contact teri.lucas@asburyseminary.edu if you have any questions.
November 17, 2008 >> 02:31:25 PM
Treasure chest of bonus features
Asbury's Online Chapel site is brimming with shiny gems.
Have you been there yet this semester?
Here are some GREAT interviews you may have missed:
Shane Claiborne- Co-founder of The Simple Way, author, speaker, activist
Terry Wardle- Professor at Ashland Theological Seminary, Director of the Institute of Formational Counseling
Chris Heurtz- Speaker, author, activist, leads Word Made Flesh community as the International Executive Director
The Seay brothers:
Chris Seay- Lead pastor of Ecclesia in Houston, TX, lead contributor of The Voice
Robbie Seay- Member of the Ecclesia community and established recording artist (Robbie Seay Band)\
Bookmark Asbury's Online Chapel link and stay connected to Estes Chapel while outside of its walls.
Enjoy!
November 13, 2008 >> 06:30:00 PM
After Estes: scribblings, soundbytes, and epiphanies
Estes Chapel was expectedly on overflow status yesterday as Shane Claiborne told stories of the Kingdom here on earth. For more info on our friend Shane, you can visit an earlier post announcing yesterday's events. In case you weren't able to visit chapel, make sure to listen to Shane's message on our podcast. Some powerful things that were heard yesterday during chapel:
"Does God's dream look like the dream of Wall Street?"
"[As Christians] we must have not just right rhetoric, but right living. We must embody our rhetoric."
"I became a believer [in Jesus] long before I knew what it meant to be a follower of Jesus."
Speaking in reference to the woman caught in adultery account in John 8- "The closer we are to God, the less we should want to throw stones."
"We can never expect the government to do what the church is meant to be."
"We don't have to wait for DC to solve all of our problems. We dont need Washington to tell us how to treat the immigrant, we can read Leviticus!"
"We are a community of radical hospitality, love, and grace."
"Fascinate the world with our peculiar grace."
Quoting Tony Campolo- "If there were no heaven and no hell, would you still follow Jesus?"
What did you hear?
November 13, 2008 >> 10:59:16 AM
Seeing the Kingdom in full color on our campus
In the spring of 2007, as part of the “Practicing Creativity” initiative of the PSALM: Seminarius Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Grant, we commissioned a permanent public work of art entitled, “KingdomTide.” Several student artists from multiple cultures collaborated on the design ultimately affirmed by the Administration. Two student artists, Paul Allan and Denise Clark, completed the work on the mural in the fall 2008.
November 13, 2008 >> 10:58:49 AM
COMIC - Real Life for Real
November 13, 2008 >> 10:54:08 AM
Dear Robbie
Dear Robbie,
I know many Christians are all uppity about W.W.J.D., which
is fine, but as a staunch Wesleyan, I want to also live out W.W.W.D. Is this a good
idea? And how do I go about living the W.W.W.D. way?
-J.W. fanboy
Dear J.W. fanboy,
Many good Wesleyans can only hope to follow in the footsteps of such a great, yet extremely tiny, man. And why shouldn’t they? Living in his example is, indeed, a good idea!
However, living by Wesley’s example is not an easy task. Yet, there are two distinct preliminary steps that an individual can take to ensure some success. The first step to living Wesley-style is to quit drinking caffeinated beverages. J.W. would have an aneurysm if he witnessed the kind of caffeine we pump into our bodies today! Energy drinks, coffee, tea…they all have to go! The second step involves a little voltage. J.W.’s obsession with good health was met with intrigue for electric current therapy (thank you, Ben Franklin!). Wesley spent about an hour each afternoon engaged in self shock modalities that were said to have curative properties. I’ve included a picture to demonstrate how to self-administer shock therapy at home…just like J.W. did!
Remember, two simple steps to W.W.W.D.:
1) No caffeine
2) Daily
shock therapy
Oh yeah, read the Bible and help the poor, too.
-Robbie
