Comments for The Seedbed http://theseedbed.org Just what are you trying to start? Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:47:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Blog Tour: “The Poisoned Chalice” by Jennifer Woodruff Tait by jerusalemtojericho http://theseedbed.org/2011/06/15/blog-tour-the-poisoned-chalice-by-jennifer-woodruff-tait/#comment-534 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:47:19 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=766#comment-534 Great post, Sarah! As the daughter of a Methodist pastor / principled teetotaler, as well as a Duke graduate (the elements are important, dummies!), I have been conflicted on this issue myself. Time to pick up Jennifer’s book, it looks like!

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Derek Penwell on Liberalism and Taking Scripture Seriously by Being the Poem: Liberal Christianity as Subversion | [D]mergent http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/05/guest-post-derek-penwell-on-liberalism-and-taking-scripture-seriously/#comment-531 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:03:24 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=748#comment-531 [...] This article originally appeared on the wonderful blog, The Seedbed.  Many thanks to Sarah Morrice-Brubaker and the great group of bloggers there. [...]

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Derek Penwell on Liberalism and Taking Scripture Seriously by What If We All Raised Our Voices Together? « [D]mergent http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/05/guest-post-derek-penwell-on-liberalism-and-taking-scripture-seriously/#comment-517 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:52:31 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=748#comment-517 [...] of shame but because of whom they claim to serve.  There really are folks who, honest to goodness, believe that their faith compels them to see everyone, regardless of race, gender, or nationality, o….  But we are not perfect.  We need some help figuring out how we can help make things [...]

]]> Comment on Blog Tour: “The Poisoned Chalice” by Jennifer Woodruff Tait by Peter Owens http://theseedbed.org/2011/06/15/blog-tour-the-poisoned-chalice-by-jennifer-woodruff-tait/#comment-516 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:27:46 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=766#comment-516 This review was hysterical, informative, and has made me want to read the book, as well as all subsequent blog posts by the author (of the blog, not the author of the book, although I am sure she is a wonderful blogger in her own right). Well done.

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Derek Penwell on Liberalism and Taking Scripture Seriously by Yuki http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/05/guest-post-derek-penwell-on-liberalism-and-taking-scripture-seriously/#comment-515 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:23:42 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=748#comment-515 I think you’re naming the problem not just about “liberal” or progressive Christianity, but anything “liberal or progressive.” It’s hard to fit a life down into a set of recitable tenets or soundbytes that conservative Christianity has. Tough to get complexity to look sexy or compelling to those who need hospital corners on their religion to make it look made up properly. I recently read a book by a guy who subscribes to Radical Orthodoxy who was complaining about the way that liberation theologians understood martyrdom. It’s not just living life like Jesus and dying for the poor and oppressed that matter; for him, martyrdom had to be conferred by an appropriately recognized institutional community. He (like all these RO guys) need that stability and institutional tidiness. And yes, liberal Christians are just as fundamentalist as conservative ones. But you’re right — we ought not cede the high ground. One of my professors keeps saying, “Don’t give any of (the Christian tradition) away,” warning those of us who are ready to dispense with a lot of the tradition because it’s been co-opted by conservative voices. What can we take and what can we re-imagine in order to give it life and to speak the message of Christianity as we understand it?

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Life in Contextual! by Yuki http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/13/guest-post-life-in-contextual/#comment-514 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:13:54 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=754#comment-514 I am struck by how much we deny people, in Avery Gordon’s words, their “complex personhood,” that this woman’s entire life is reduced to this one part of her life — and not even that part of her life, but what people believe about it. I think the gospel presses us to look for complexity in ourselves, in others and in the world. Hence, why parables are great teaching tools — they are not trite little stories, but rather conversation starters that are supposed to make us think about the complexity of the problem. But yes, you are right, complex personhood only comes out in relationships of openness.

]]> Comment on How to write an article for First Things by How to REALLY Write for First Things | Diary of a Wimpy Catholic http://theseedbed.org/2011/02/25/how-to-write-an-article-for-first-things/#comment-513 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:42:31 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=611#comment-513 [...] now appears I’m not the only one with mixed feelings. Today on Seedbed, some young muggins casts a spitball toward the FT editorial desk: MEMORANDUM TO: PROF. BIGNOISE FROM: FT STAFF CC: MR. AMBITIOUS GRADSTUDENT Dear Prof. [...]

]]> Comment on The Theological Anthropology of the Pre-Born? by Sonja http://theseedbed.org/2011/02/28/the-theological-anthropology-of-the-pre-born/#comment-512 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:46:42 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=661#comment-512 Hey Sarah,
Sorry I am so late to this post, and sorry to be popping in from nowhere, but I wanted to tell you that your comment is the most awesome thing I think I have read in like two years, maybe more.
Sonja

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Life in Contextual! by randallweiss http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/13/guest-post-life-in-contextual/#comment-510 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:38:53 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=754#comment-510 *previously

I hope you can forgive me for my history of grammatical errors.

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Life in Contextual! by randallweiss http://theseedbed.org/2011/05/13/guest-post-life-in-contextual/#comment-509 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:37:54 +0000 http://theseedbed.org/?p=754#comment-509 I had heard about this story previous. It’s sad how we often laud our own redemption but refuse redemption for others.

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