Journey with Jesus Essays - A Comprehensive Index for 2011
This index lists all of the Journey with Jesus essays by Daniel B. Clendenin for the year 2011. For other years, see the links below.
| Date Posted | Title | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 26 December 2011 | The Best of the Rest: Ten Favorite Books From 2011 | Dan's top ten books for 2011. |
| 19 December 2011 | "This Most Tremendous Tale of All" | Christmas Day 2011. |
| 12 December 2011 | Nothing is Too Wonderful to Be True | Fourth Sunday in Advent. |
| 5 December 2011 | Tears of Despair, Dreams of Laughter | Third Sunday in Advent. |
| 28 November 2011 | Look at Me! World AIDS Day 2011 | Second Sunday in Advent and World AIDS Day by Art Ammann. |
| 21 November 2011 | Advent Agitations: "How Then Can We Be Saved?" | First Sunday in Advent. |
| 14 November 2011 | The Judgment of Injustice: The Feast of Christ The King | Christ the King Sunday. |
| 7 November 2011 | The "Deep History" of "Extinction Events" | The end of history and cosmos. |
| 31 October 2011 | "Put Away Your False Gods" | True and false gods. |
| 24 October 2011 | When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Luther, Dürer, and the Living Word of God | Barbara Pitkin of Stanford on Reformation Sunday. |
| 17 October 2011 | Love and Listening | The two greatest commandments. Guest essay by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. |
| 10 October 2011 | Give Your Money to Caesar, Give Your Self to God | Giving to caesar, giving to God. |
| 3 October 2011 | Give Up Your Worries, Give in to Joy | Moving from anxiety to joy. |
| 26 September 2011 | Creation: "The Leaf Has a Song In It" | Poetry and creation. |
| 19 September 2011 | Questions Not Answered: "Follow Me" | Jesus refuses to answer a question. |
| 12 September 2011 | Jesus and Jonah: The Economy and Geography of God's Grace | The economy and geography of divine grace. |
| 5 September 2011 | National Tragedies in Light of Spiritual Truths: The Tenth Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks | The 10th anniversay of the 9/11 attacks. |
| 28 August 2011 | Between Resistance and Submission: A Question from Dietrich Bonhoeffer | The paradox of resistance and submission. |
| 21 August 2011 | Losing Your Life, Finding Your Reward: With Gratitude to Sierra Leone's Orphans | Reflections on a daughter's internship in Sierra Leone. |
| 14 August 2011 | Notes from New York on Christ and Culture: "Transformed Nonconformity" | In the world but not of the world. |
| 7 August 2011 | Thinking About Norway | In God's economy, sexuality and nationality are opportunies for inclusion not exclusion. |
| 31 July 2011 | The Dreams of Joseph: "You Meant It for Evil, But God Meant It for Good" | Joseph's Dreams, God's Designs |
| 24 July 2011 | "God Blessed Jacob There:" Our Human Struggle with the Divine | Jacob wrestles with God. |
| 17 July 2011 | Discerning the Depths of the Love of God: "Nothing Can Separate Us" | Discerning the depths of God's love. |
| 10 July 2011 | The Expectation of All Creation: From Bondage to Decay to Glorious Freedom | The final redemption of the entire cosmos. |
| 3 July 2011 | Divine Redemption in Our Human Families: Lessons from Jacob and Esau | God's redemption in our human families. |
| 26 June 2011 | "I Don't Know What I'm Doing:" Failure-Tolerant Christians | Paul's struggle with a deeply divided self. |
| 19 June 2011 | "A Rabble of Blasphemous Conspirators:" Proclamation and Reception of the Early Believers | What sort of reception did the early Christian proclamation receive? |
| 12 June 2011 | Original Goodness: A Prayer from Outer Space | Genesis says that all creation is "very good." |
| 5 June 2011 | Come, Creator Spirit: The Inspiration of the Spirit in the Institution of the Church | Pentecost Sunday, 2011. |
| 29 May 2011 | The Divine Mystery of Personal Destiny: Judas and Matthias | The human destinies of Judas and Matthias. |
| 22 May 2011 | Paul at Athens: "A Few People Believed" | Paul at Athens' synagogue, marketplace and Areopagus. |
| 15 May 2011 | The Stone of Stumbling: 10 Reflections on the Gospel and World Religions | What does Jesus mean when he says that "no one comes to God except by me?" |
| 8 May 2011 | Making the Best of a Bad Situation: "Slaves, Submit to Your Masters" | Slaves, submit to your masters. But why? |
| 1 May 2011 | The Road to Emmaus: "What Happened on the Way" | Two disciples on the road to Emmaus were blind to God's presence. |
| 24 April 2011 | "Peace to You" Holocaust Remembrance Day | Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011. |
| 17 April 2011 | Ours the Cross, the Grave, the Skies | Easter Sunday by Rebecca Lyman. |
| 10 April 2011 | Stop Pretending: From Lenten Ash to Easter Light | A guest essay for Palm Sunday by Sara Miles. |
| 3 April 2011 | Lazarus and the "Haunting Hypothetical:" Fifth Sunday in Lent | The story of Lazarus. |
| 27 March 2011 | "Jesus Spit:" Fourth Sunday in Lent | The healing of the man born blind. |
| 20 March 2011 | Living for More Than Bread and Water: Third Sunday in Lent | The woman at the well and true water. |
| 13 March 2011 | The Longest and Hardest Journey: Second Sunday in Lent | The call of Abraham to leave his country. |
| 6 March 2011 | Tempting Fate: First Sunday in Lent | Lent and the story of Adam and Eve (guest essay by Barbara Pitkin, Ph.D.) |
| 28 February 2011 | Illuminating the Ordinary: Transfiguration Day | Transfiguration Sunday (guest essay by Amy Frykholm). |
| 21 February 2011 | "Don't Live Like a Pagan Gentile:" The Words of Jesus and the Worries of Life | Don't worry about your life, says Jesus. |
| 14 February 2011 | The Parallel Universe of the People of God | The parallel universe of the people of God. |
| 7 February 2011 | The Perfect Life for Imperfect People: "Be Merciful" | What does Jesus mean when he says, "Be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect"? |
| 31 January 2011 | Making Dreams a Reality: Celebrating Black History Month | Celebrating Black History month. |
| 24 January 2011 | The Wisdom of the World and the Foolishness of God | Human wisdom v. divine foolishness in 1 Corinthians. |
| 17 January 2011 | A Radical Response to a Unique Opportunity:"They Immediately Left Everything" | The calling of Peter, Andrew, James and John. |
| 10 January 2011 | "A Loyal Member of a Dysfunctional Family:" Why I Go to Church | If the church is so bad, why keep going? |
| 3 January 2011 | An "Acute Embarrassment"? The Baptism of Jesus | The baptism of Jesus. |