Feral Theology

So, I’m kind of a big fan of Martin of Tours. I’m writing him into my Master of Theological Studies thesis at Duke Divinity School, which I am doing under Stanley Hauerwas (theological ethics) and Warren Smith (historical theology). I think Martin is one of the most under-sung heroes of the early Ch

So, I’m kind of a big fan of Martin of Tours. I’m writing him into my Master of Theological Studies thesis at Duke Divinity School, which I am doing under Stanley Hauerwas (theological ethics) and Warren Smith (historical theology). I think Martin is one of the most under-sung heroes of the early Ch

Right now, there are more soldiers falling on their own swords than there are falling to the sword. Since at least 2005, 17 (yes, seventeen) veterans kill themselves each and every day. They are broken and in need of compassion, and what’s worse, they are standing behind you in line at Whole Foods,

I’ve heard a number of times that combat veterans sometimes feel more at home in combat than back at home in safety. Maybe you’ve heard it too, in movies like The Hurt Locker and In The Valley of Elah (Private Diaz mentions, toward the end, that despite the horrors he witnessed, all he wants “to [..

I have been asked to lead a time of prayer in a couple of weeks during Sunday worship in which we will pray over a young man who has joined the Air Force and shipping off to basic and eventually his assignment. I have agreed to lead the time of prayer, but I’m wondering how [...]