I like to promote the 7 Rules of Interreligious Dialogue that was put forward by Max Warren (Anglican Missiologist) back in the 1960s. In my Interreligious Dialogue class, I asked my students to explain the 7 Rules in their own words. I stopped in the middle of grading because I began thinking. They did a …
Continue reading Our Uniqueness in Common Humanity (Max Warren and Anton Boisen)
I have heard it said that "genius" can be seen as the ability to see connections between things that others do not or have not. This can exist by digging deeper in an area that others haven't. (I will be using digging in the earth for precious metals or gems as a metaphor in this …
Continue reading Genius: Generalists, Specialists, and “Overlappers”
Was St. Paul a healthy-minded missionary, or an obsessed madman. Let's consider a few quotes from the 19th century and early 20th century to bring some consideration to this thought. This is not an idle consideration. Many see Paul as the ideal missionary. We should consider whether our ideals are, in fact, ideal. One of …
One of my several unpaid jobs is registrar for a certifying/accrediting organization for Clinical Pastoral Education. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or sometimes called Clinical Pastoral Training (CPT) grew, largely, out of the experiences and work of theologian, Anton Boisen, 1876-1965. (Side thought: Boisen lived to to be almost 89. Looking at other great Christian theologians …