CCBlogs thinking critically, living faithfully

There are a number of new bloggers in the network. Drop by and check them out:

Amy Julia Becker of Thin Places is a writer and seminarian and the mother of a child with a disability. L’Arche alum Melissa Florer-Bixler does part-time children’s ministry and blogs at Sign on the Window.

Draughting Theology is written by Steve Pankey, a young Episcopal priest. Kirkepiscatoid features the “random and not so random musings” of first-generation Episcopalian Maria L. Evans.

Lutheran pastor Dan Bohlman blogs about small-town ministry at RuralMinister. Paul E. Stroble—a teacher, writer and Methodist elder—blogs at Journeys Home.

Heady Ir(Reverence) blogger Matthew J. Gallion is a grad student doing sociological research on the emerging church. Graphic designer Jesse Turri writes about art and design along with faith at Turri Design.

Church of England priest Kath Williamson blogs at Reflections. Angela Shier-Jones, a Methodist presbyter in the U.K., blogs at The Kneeler. Khanya’s Steve Hayes is a deacon in the Orthodox Church of South Africa.

Don Scrooby writes on spirituality at Seeing More Clearly. A Time to Embrace, by Presbyterian minister Janet Edwards, focuses on LGBT inclusion in the church.

Seven Whole Days is the blog of Episcopal priest and “certified technophile” Scott Gunn. “Pastor, musician, and goofball” Tripp Hudgins blogs at Conjectural Navel Gazing; Jesus in Lint Form.

Methodist minister Eric Scott blogs the weekly lectionary at The Dogeared Preacher. Elmer E. Ewing, a Presbyterian lay preacher, writes on the daily readings at My Meditations on the Daily Lectionary.

There are several new bloggers in the CCblogs network. Drop by and check them out:

Michael K. Marsh, an Episcopal priest in Texas, takes the name Interrupting the Silence from Thomas Keating. Michael seeks “to stand at the intersection of Episcopal breadth and Orthodox depth.”

Along with reflections on spirituality and prayer, Washington State’s Dianna Woolley posts original poetry and collage work. She blogs at Mind Sieve under the name Sunrise Sister.

Virginia's Jeff Harlow is a United Methodist pastor, university instructor and nonprofit consultant. Unpacking Ideas offers “a self-indulgent conversation about incarnation, grace, and transformational leadership.”

Rachel Hackenberg is a United Church of Christ minister in Pennsylvania. Her blog, Faith and Water, includes a lot of biblical reflections and poetry.

A Minister's Life is by David Lewicki, a Presbyterian pastor in New York. He includes a wide variety of personal reflections, photographs and interesting links and commentary.

Writer and retired pastor Roger Lovette blogs at Head and Heart. His major concern is "how to do my little part to make the human family what God intended."

Liberal Christian Commentary is a lectionary blog by West Virginia’s Sea Raven. A consultant for worship, music and the arts, Sea’s primary interest is in creation spirituality.

Josiah Norton is a writer and photographer based in Minneapolis. His blog is called The Phoenix Renovatio, after the early Christian use of the phoenix as a symbol of resurrection.

Page Shelton is a retired Presbyterian pastor. His blog, Salt and Light, focuses on the contrast between "cultural religion" and the biblical witness.

We have some new bloggers in the CCblogs network. Drop by and check them out.

Religious Rhetorics - K.M. Camper is a rhetorician and a doctoral student in the English Language and Literature program at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. His blog is a collaboration with Kari Lundgren. They offer rigourous rhetorical analysis of American religious language.

Disciple's Diary - Wayne Stacy has taught at Southern Seminary, Midwestern Seminary, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. He now resides in western North Carolina with Cheryl, his wife of 39 years, where he teaches in the Distance Learning Program for Liberty Theological Seminary, writes for various publications, and serves as an intentional interim pastor.

Notes from Off Center - Andrew Tatusko is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently the program activity director for a Title III grant to integrate technology into teaching, learning, retention and advising at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, PA.

Exploring Ecumenism - Chris Sissons is a National Ecuminical Officer for the Methodist Church.

Discernland - Josh Bowron is a seminary student.

The Rev's Rumbles - From Fred Anderson's blog: "I am a follower of Jesus, a progressive Presbyterian, a Freemason and an unapologetic left-wing Democrat. I am also honorably retired, aged to perfection, deeply in love with my life's partner, contentedly doing what I want to do when I want to do it in Arizona's beautiful Valley of the Sun."

Nachfolge - Scott Johnson is a Lutheran pastor.

CyberSpiritCafe - Doug Kings describes himself as a "liberal pastor in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Christian Conversations - Kevin Baker is the pastor of Reconciliation United Methodist Church in Durham. He posts at Theolog and has written for Christian Century's "Living by the Word."

Rev Abi's Long and Winding Road - Abi Carlisle-Wilke is I am a United Methodist Minister serving in Huntsville, AL.

Bob Cornwall has a number of good posts about Charles Darwin's thoughts on God. Here is a link to a Lijit search that will show you all of Bob's Darwin articles. In this post he presents an article by rofessor John Hedley Brooke of Oxford University.

Anthony David Jacques grew up in an Assembly of God tradition. Bothered by perceived abuses in healing services, he takes a careful look at faith healing and faith healers. I find his posts all the more fascinating, given his background. Part one and part two.

Will Willimon reviews the new Wesley Study Bible.

Jan Richardson finds a fascinating parallel between an event in the first chapter of Mark and the 19th century Bible quilts of freed slave Harriet Powers.

Drew Smith writes about a pending piece of Arkansas legislation that would LIFT a current state ban on bringing firearms into houses of worship. Legislation doesn't happen in a vacuum; clearly some of the faithful are unhappy about being forced to check their guns at the door of the church.

Mark Powell tells a story that is familiar to every pastor. The couple that want a church wedding but want nothing to do with the Church.