By Andy Hale The recent “OK, Boomer” and “OK, Millennial” memes and GIFs have nauseatingly filled up my news feed. It was humorous at first, but now it’s just reached the level of annoying as politicians seek to cash in with their dad jokes. It’s like the Scottish novelist Margaret Oliphant could predict the future … Continue reading
By Andy Hale The great Henri Nouwen, in his work Out of Solitude, wrote: The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality … Continue reading
By Andy Hale Just a few weeks back, I was preaching out of on Luke’s many retellings of Jesus’ encounter with the leper. As I described the physical, spiritual, and social torment of this man, I could not help but think that this disease seems like a thing of our ancient past. Except, not twenty … Continue reading
By Andy Hale I expect a lot out of myself. I’m not a perfectionist, but I do want the things I lead to be successful. I do not try to attempt success with just one solitary initiative. Instead, I like to take a multi-faceted or layered approach. At any given time, there are a lot … Continue reading
By Andy Hale For fun, my parents participated in two genealogy tests. The results, for the most part, were not that all surprising. We are about as Western European as Western Europeans get. What surprised us was the amount of Scandinavian and French Canadian on my mother’s side. But then again, I’ve always loved poutine … Continue reading
By Andy Hale The name Walter Brueggemann stands by itself. You could just say Brueggemann, and it will do the same trick. Walter Brueggemann has dabbled a little bit in the Old Testament scriptures and casually written on its implications for our lives. Chances are if you have a Biblical Commentary series, Brueggemann has either … Continue reading
By Andy Hale The canonization of the Bible is a pretty fascinating and crazy story. Uncle Marcion gave us an early glimpse into the struggles to find orthodoxy. Dueling Gods of the Old and New Testament made for fascinating theological constructs. Marcion’s Bible would have given us one of the earliest examples of a theology … Continue reading
