A Deadly Kind of Calling Jordan Hillebert August 13, 2020 Church in Wales, Commentary, Ministry By Jordan Hillebert Augustine wept at his ordination. He had arrived in the ancient seaport of Hippo, in part, to avoid becoming a priest. The Catholic Church in North Africa was at that time a relatively... Read More...
Inhabiting a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert January 8, 2020 Bible, Church in Wales, Contributors, Ministry, Ressourcement How might we make use of spiritual exegesis and the “fourfold sense” in our proclamation of the Bible’s strange new world?
Interpreting a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert December 18, 2019 Bible, Church in Wales, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, Ressourcement Rather than acting as a signpost to the strange new world of Scripture, the sermon all-too-often obstructs our view of the Bible’s terrain. We have lost sight of the strange; our pews remain fixed in the familiar.
Keep Christianity Weird Jordan Hillebert July 5, 2019 Books, Church in Wales, Commentary, Reviews & Culture Love Makes No Sense is in many ways a panegyric to the oddity of Christian faith and practice.
Proclaiming a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert September 24, 2018 Bible, Church in Wales, Commentary Barth asked: What sort of country is spread before our eyes when we throw the Bible open?
Use, Enjoyment, and the Order of Things Jordan Hillebert July 16, 2018 Church in Wales, Commentary, Ressourcement The recognition that God is the supreme object of our enjoyment fills us with wonder at creation’s transparency to the love and goodness of God.
An apology for theology Jordan Hillebert September 25, 2017 Commentary God is not to be used; God alone is to be enjoyed. Theology is the stubborn pursuit of this enjoyment.
8 meditations on Lent Jordan Hillebert March 11, 2017 Church in Wales, Liturgy, Poetry Lent is a voice crying in the wilderness, a finger stabbing in the direction of Golgotha.
