In an act of traditioned innovation, F&L's Nathan Kirkpatrick will occasionally present an ancient psalm in a new guise--either alongside an image (as today), in a new translation, or some other counter-intuitive setting.
Who are we? What are we doing here? An introduction to Call & Response
In times of economic upheaval, it’s especially important to articulate a positive theology of money.
Contemporary translations of the bible can be a disaster. Or they can sing with a freshness worthy of God's word: just think of Eugene Peterson's popular translation, The Message. Nathan Kirkpatrick points us today to a translation of Psalm 11 as translated and adapted by South African writer and artist Erna Buber-de Villiers.
Although the language of excellence is limited to two passages in Paul’s letters, those two references and the context of their use provide the rationale for our continuing efforts to identify, call forth, and sustain excellence in ministry, writes Kenneth Carder.
