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The last several days Shelley (my wife) and I have been in Fargo, North Dakota, visiting our oldest daughter (Denay), her husband (Heighlos) and their super-adorable eight-month-old son (Soel). We ate, talked, watched movies, shopped…

A Good Year: ** I was with some friends in DC last week at the AAR conference (I’ll blog later on the conference) and in our spare time we wanted to see the grand opening…

Driving along the highway in my ’99 Mitsubishi, I’ve got the radio cranked up as I beat my rearview mirror with my drumstick. (I always drum and drive). One of my favorite 80’s songs plays…

I enjoy going to (or renting) movies with my wife, kids and friends. In fact, I happen to be the [self-appointed] world’s foremost expert on the theological/ philosophical dimension of movies. So, I thought I…

I know. I know. I really stink at this blogging thing. It’s been over two weeks with nothing posted. For those who have been checking in, I sincerely apologize. It’s not that “nothing” has been…

On Wednesday (Oct 25) a documentary team from South Korea came to my church to interview me. What an honor! They are with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and are putting a piece together on…

Can you guess who’s who?

On Monday night (Oct 23rd,) Jim Wallis and I had a public dialogue at Bethel University (St. Paul, MN). The topic was, “Politics and Faith: Do They Mix?” The Bethel auditorium seats 1800 and it…

Am I a “Pietist”? In a recent review of The Myth of a Christian Nation in Christianity Today, James Smith labels me a “pietist.” Is he right? I want to respond: “absolutely not” as well…

OKAY OKAY…so this is a cutout of GW we found in in NYC…but, the shout-out stands! Greg wanted me to blog that he has a response coming out Tuesday to the recent article in Christianity…

My wife and I, along with our friends Greg and Marcia Erickson, just got back from a New York trip. We went out to tape my CBS “Free Speech” segment (still no idea when it…

Hi! Marcia Erickson here. I’m a photographer. I’ve been working on a pictorial/artsy/theology book project with Greg and Christus Victor Ministries the last couple years. I’ll be the pictorial blogger here on Greg’s site. I’m…

Sorry its been more than a week since my last/first/only blog (great first impression Boyd!). I’m trying to think of this blog as a sort of “public journal” and I want to “reflect out loud”…

Hi Folks! Welcome to the first ever Christus Victor Ministries blog entry. Yeh! (bugles, drums, fanfare, etc.). To be honest, I didn’t know what a “blog” was till about a year ago. I only found…