by Chris Walters | Jan 12, 2014 | Bible, Sermons, Theology
Every good story has to have conflict, otherwise it’s not a story. I remember many years ago when I was a student at Columbia College Chicago studying fiction writing, we sat in semi-circles in four-hour class sessions practicing all sorts of visualization and...
by Chris Walters | Oct 2, 2013 | Science, Theology
The following is a paper I presented to the Theological Study Group East of the Northern Illinois Conference of the UMC on September 26, 2013. There are precious few scholars in the dialog between science and theology that are experts in both disciplines. Lee Silver...
by Chris Walters | Jun 26, 2013 | Bible, Theology
From one perspective, today’s Supreme Court decisions in the DOMA and California Prop 8 cases move the U.S.A. much further down the road to full equality for same-sex couples and their civil liberties to freely live family life and enjoy the same benefits afforded...
by Chris Walters | Mar 21, 2013 | Race & Racism, Theology
Back in January the Theological Study Group East of the NIC read and discussed Willie James Jennings’s The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race. Dr. Jennings is Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity...
by Chris Walters | Dec 9, 2012 | Bible, Sermons, Theology
Recently when I was driving our son Tim to school, he started a conversation with me about something from last year’s school experience when he was in first grade. It reminded me of something from the year before when he was in kindergarten at Clissold Elementary in...
by Chris Walters | Nov 15, 2012 | Bible, Methodism, Theology
The following comes from one of my recent email conversations generated by my correspondent’s question, “What happens to our body and soul after we die?” Me: How deep do you want to go? Your questions lead into a quagmire of thousands of years of...