PostBarthian

Theology is especially challenging for pastors because as we mature our theological knowledge, we are constantly reminded of bad counsel we had given in the past based on immature theology, and we are faced with regret for the harm we caused those who received that bad counsel.

All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.

I'm sad to learn that Prof Daniel Migliore has died. ptsem.edu/about/the-quad… @ptseminary

Corporations should be held accountable for causing homelessness by enforcing involuntary drug test on employees and applicants. Firing an employee only creates a harder situation for that person, and stigmatizes them that contributes to hardship ending in being unhoused.

The biblical word for a personal God is idol

I’m still here. #MyXAnniversary

In Snohomoish county, scores of ring-necked ducks, scaups, yellow warblers & northern shovelers live in the four waste lagoons at the treatment plant. Its tragic how beautiful birds have died out because they are forced to live in sewage water because we've destroy their habitats

I never will understand so-called Christians who circumcise their children and then are against gender affirming surgeries for minors!

Seattle

“Then there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.” 2 Samuel 21:19 (NRSVUE)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but David did not fight Goliath. Goliath was killed by Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19)

Ethics with Elisabeth Fiorenza

In this Winter Solstice, remember the true light Jesus who has come into the world and enlightens all people. postbarthian.com/2018/11/02/chr…

My favorite part of birding is when someone comes up to you while you’re trying to see a bird and yells is that the Merlin app and scares away the bird

Karl Barth died 57 years ago as of today. He was born May 10, 1886 and died on December 10, 1968.

@JesuitsGlobal I hope to god that Karl Rahner SJ isnt confessing that the witch craze is still alive and well in the Jesuits!

@JesuitsGlobal tried for God's sake to work in the service of others serving and building up the Church, and who was this capable of transmitting a charism that is still active centuries later." (Theological Investigations XXIII, p. 169).

Karl Rahner defends the Jesuits "Against the Witch Hysteria" by saying "Ignatius of loyola deems it possible that a superior may, in good faith and clear conscience, give a Jesuit an order that the latter cannot, in conscience, not consider a sin, and therefore refuse to obey."