Speakeasy Theology (private feed for csadosky7@gmail.com)

The Need for Rules

David+ and I continue our reading of Bonhoeffer, exploring the grace of ordination, the need for rules and holding all good things in tension, and the dangers of false comfort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

The Annunciation is the True Beginning of Creation

Jordan and I discuss his forthcoming translation of Maximus’ Christological letters and a chapter he recently finished on trauma and theology. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

God is on the Child's Side

David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 sermon on the Holy Innocents, weighing what he says about the use/abuse of power and considering how his work, thanks to his careful restraint, helps to free us both from the abstractions and hasty generalizations that distort what we think of God and the sentimentality that warps what we say about evil and suffering and how we say it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Being in Communion with Sinners

David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 Epiphany meditation, considering what he says about the birth and baptism of the Lord and his understanding of Christ’s solidarity with sinners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

And Say it with a Steady, Even Voice

Kevin Hart (Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School) and I discuss his recently-published memoir, Dark-Land, the theological merits of autobiography, and the graces of contemplative prayer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe