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Is the Church too hopped up on Espresso?
12 Apr 2021

Is the Church too hopped up on Espresso?

by MatLortie | posted in: Church, Culture, Theology | 0

I spend a lot of time thinking about ecclesiology and how it relates to church practice in this post-Christian era. Beyond this, how is our praxis of church shaped by our culture rather than our praxis of culture being shaped … Continued

Review of The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
19 Mar 2021

Review of The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

by MatLortie | posted in: Book Reviews, Church, Culture | 0

In the preface to the 2006 edition of Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Ligon Duncan has a most telling comment.  Pagan ideas underlie evangelical egalitarianism, based, as it is, on ideas borrowed from cultural feminism. Egalitarianism must always lead to … Continued

Beth Allison Barr, Books, History, Reviews
Advent Reflections
22 Nov 2020

Advent Reflections

by MatLortie | posted in: Church | 0

I have always been a fan of Christmas.  More recently, I have come to realize that I love Advent almost as much. It is a season to prepare and a time to wait. It is when our hearts and minds, … Continued

Advent, Christmas
A few moments with a Snow Goose.
12 Oct 2020

A few moments with a Snow Goose.

by MatLortie | posted in: Church, Personal | 0

As I started to take my hobby of bird photography more seriously, my goal became to see and identify specific birds. I have mentioned elsewhere that I do think it is wise to go for a bird walk with a … Continued

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Recent Reads

Mat's bookshelf: read

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
it was amazing
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
it was amazing
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
by Esau McCaulley
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
it was amazing
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi

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Recent Photos

  • I think this #CommonRedpoll is telling me to hurry up and take the shot already or something like that. ⁣
  • A few days too late for St Patrick’s Day, but I came across a nice splash of green today. ⁣
  • It looks like I have been spotted. This Northern Shrike is suggesting I will need to work on my spy
  • In a world filled with pain, frustration, rejection, and uncertainty, I have found so much peace and wholeness wandering in
  • I almost missed this Great Horned Owl when I was out for a walk today. Luckily, I turned around at
  • I wanted to start 2021 properly, so I took a quick trip to find this Eastern Screech Owl after getting
  • Went searching for Snowy Owls with @alyssalortie today and found two of them. It’s another lifer for me so I
  • I wanted to make some sugar cookies this year so @alyssalortie and I did. Decorating them is hard work but
  • Excited to share something I have been working on this fall. ⁣ Today is Christ the King Sunday, a day

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