Writer on Psychology and Spirituality

Here are a few writers that have done integrative work in Psychology and Spirituality.

• L. Gregory Jones
• F. LeRon Shults and Steven Standage
• Mark McMinn

Peace,
Chelle

Conversations about Satan

Well, I was just reading the Seattle Times and came across an interesting story. I guess a conversation is about to take place here in Seattle about the existence of Satan. I'm not sure why these particular people have been asked to participate, but it nice to see that Marc Driscoll (of the other Mars Hill) remains in the national news.

If anyone tapes this, I would love to watch it!

-chelle

Dr. Johnson on Millennialism

Here is a link to Kristen's power point slides for her Millennialism lecture.

We are still working on Trygve's slides! Stay tuned!!

-chelle

Power Point Slides from My Lectures this Term

Here are all of my Power Point Slides from my lectures. I combined a couple of them. I meant to post them all at one point...

Well here they are:

• Pneumatology I
• Pneumatology II
• The Church
• Shalom/Heaven/Hell

I hope this helps you prepare for the exam.

Peace,
Chelle

Exam Questions

This is a closed book exam. Please do not cut and paste from other sources or previous writing. However, you can look at the questions beforehand and prepare for the exam. As you are writing, you should refer to the assigned readings from class for it will do great things for your grade (hint, hint). But you are not required to formally cite your sources. It would be helpful if you knew which author the idea came from but you don’t have to give the article title or page number.

Choose TWO of the following questions to answer. There is a two-hour time limit to your writing of the exam. The exam is due by 4:30 on Friday, March 20^th. If you are mailing the exam to MHGS, the exam must be post-marked by March 20^th.

1. What are some ways that the concept of ‘hospitality’ was defined throughout the course of the class? How would you define hospitality for yourself? Do you think hospitality is possible (ala Boersma)?

2. Do you think that the Holy Spirit is a ‘person’? (Remember to define the term ‘person’.) What difference does this make to your own understanding of who God is in your life and in the world?

3. Do you think the Church is a sacramental community? What difference does this make in your vision of the Church? And what role does the Lord’s Supper/Eucharist play in your understanding of who the Church is in the world? In other words, do the sacraments really make a practical difference to the practice of faith?

4. What is the difference between the ‘seen’ Church and the ‘unseen’ Church? How does your Pneumatology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church? How does your Ecclesiology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church? How does your Eschatology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church?

5. How would you articulate your understanding of ultimate hope? Does this hope make a practical difference in your everyday life? And how does (if it does) the Resurrection of Jesus Christ fit into your vision of eschatological hope?

Due Dates for The Theological Mosaic

As you enter the final month or so of the school year, it is wise to review your various assignments and the dates that each are due. So, for your convenience, here are your due dates for the rest of this class.

Exam: Questions up on March 16th. Exams are due in by 4:30 on Friday March 20th.

Journal (both options): April 15th

Paper for Creative Project: March 13th

Creative Project: April 15th

Research Paper: April 20th

Reading Report/Bibliography: April 20th (For your convenience, here is a link to a list of the readings. You can turn in this form.)

If you have questions or need guidance for any of these assignments, feel free to contact either Ed or myself. I have office hours on Wednesday afternoons, but am able to meet at other times if that does not work for you.

Peace,
Chelle

Resources for you!

Throughout this week, I'll be putting up various resources for you. I'll mark them individually for you so that you can find them easily in the weeks to come.

For example, here is the power point from my lecture on Saturday. I have included a number of new slides to help with clarification. Sorry for the jump in my logic when we got to heaven! That will teach me to squeeze together two lecture at the last minute!!!

Trygve & Kristen's power points will be posted in a separate blog post. We are experiencing the inhospitable divide between the worlds of the PC and the Mac. Yes, one day even PCs and Macs will be reconciled with one another. However, until that eschatological event happens, we will search for alternative means of posting the slides.

The peace of Christ to you all. Not an easy peace, not an insignificant peace, not a halfhearted peace, but the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

-Chelle

Schedule for March 13th & March 14th, 2009

Our Guests this Weekend are Dr. Kristen and Rev. Trygve Johnson from Hope College in Holland, MI. I am very excited that they are coming to share with us. Tryg, the campus pastor at Hope, is a very talented sermonator and Kristen is one of the brightest (and most beautiful) women that I know. The Johnson's are thoughtful and interesting folks, so I hope that you will greet them with a very warm Mars Hill welcome. They will take some time on Friday to share their own stories with you. It should be a very thought-provoking weekend that will send you on your way wondering what the resurrection of the body matters to your own life!! Good stuff!

Peace,

Chelle

Friday March 13th (Start Time is 1PM!!!!!)

1.00 ~ Quiz

1:15-2.00 ~ Introductions: Our stories, overview of the weekend, key ideas and readings

2.00-3.15 ~ Lecture: Imagination, story and hope by Trygve

3.15-3.30 ~ Break

3.30-4.45 ~ Lecture: Eschatology Matters--Recent History of millennialism & evangelicalism by Kristen

4.45-6.00 ~ Large Group Discussion

Saturday March 14th (Start Time is 10AM!!!)

10:00-11:45 ~ Discussion: please read the N.T. Wright and the Hart/Bauckham articles

12-1 ~ Lecture: Shalom and the Story of God's Redemption by Chelle

1-2 ~ Lunch!

2-3 ~ Lecture: Barth and Moltmann by Kristen

3-3:15 ~ Break

3:15-3:45 ~ Small Group Discussion on Lewis' The Great Divorce

3:50-5 ~ Bringing it all together: Panel Discussion on Ressurection and Eschatology

A funny for you as you work on your papers!!

Of course none of you would ever sink to this level. On the other hand, the title of Calvin's paper is very reminiscent of many a dissertation title...

Exam Next Week

For all of you who may have forgotten or who are just nervous about such things, I thought that I would write a little reminder that yes indeed we have an exam next week. I will post the questions on the class blog on Monday. There will be about 5 questions, but you will just choose two to write on.

The exam is due by4:30 on Friday. (If you need to mail to MHGS the exam, it needs to be postmarked by that Friday.)

What is the purpose of an exam such as this? My hope is that the exam will be an opportunity for you to express some of your thoughts and opinions about the readings and the class sessions. This means that Ed will be searching for your use and understanding of the assigned readings as well as the integration of the content of the class within your own theological thinking. This is a closed-book exam, but you will have some time to think through the questions before you sit down to your two hours of writing.

I can't really say that this should be a fun activity, but I do hope that it will be fulfilling in some manner. I know that I enjoyed reading your exams last term. Some really good integrative thinking going on inside your heads!!!

See you tomorrow!
Chelle

Vocab for Friday's Quiz:

1. Eschatology
2. Eschaton
3. Telos
4. Parousia
5. Utopia
6. Sabbath
7. Millennium
8. Premillennialism
9. Postmillennialism
10. Amillennialism
11. Hope
12. Resurrection
13. Son of Man
14. Day of the Lord
15. Creator ex nihilo
16. Eucharist/The Lord’s Supper
17. Shalom
18. Revelation
19. Hell
20. Heaven
21. The Kingdom of God
22. Apocalyptic

WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

Please watch this space for announcements this week. For example, class begins at 1PM this Friday. And yes, we do have a vocab quiz at 1PM this Friday. Thanks for asking!

Peace,
Chelle