Silence is not so Golden

Things have been a little quiet around Chaos and Old Night lately. Both Johns have been working hard to graduate in December. The posts will flow like wine come December, but until then, here’s a sample of what we’ve spent our time doing these days:
 Substance and Person: Toward an Understanding of Divine Ontology
by John Fraiser [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 15

Did we convert? Not exactly.
But we did dress as Augustinian monks for Reformation Day.
Our church, Clifton Baptist, puts on a Reformation Party for the children each year, so we donned our habits and posed with the Pope.  I think we make rather dashing monks.
We were adjusting our “hair” and our habits all night, proving that vanity is impossible [...]

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Sleeper on the Gospel

If you have heard of William True Sleeper before this post, please raise your hand (well not really . There is no Internet picture of Sleeper, which shows his unpopularity. Perhaps some may have heard of him through Indelible Grace, but for most of us, William Sleeper’s life and hymns have passed unnoticed. Surprisingly, [...]

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Celebrity Theologians: The Final Cut?

Well, I’m running out of theologians to compare to celebs. So this is likely the final cut. Some of these theologians or celebs might be rather obscure to our broad base of readers, so I’ll include a bit of context on both.
How’s about…

Jesus Seminar scholar and mystic, Marcus Borg
and the late Richard Harris who last [...]

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