TOPIC INDEXARTS AND CULTURE (33)

  1. Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

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    06/09/21
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    That a celestial phenomenon should be appropriated worldwide for iconic value or to illustrate a mythological legend makes perfect sense. One cannot copyright the rainbow.

  2. Hashtag Preaching and Whack-a-Mole Worship

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    06/15/20
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When the direction of preaching is dictated by the hashtag issues of the day, the pulpit becomes the perpetual servant of CNN and Fox News. The news and social media cycle, with its chameleonic alterations from this all-important issue (this week) to that next-all-important issue (next week), does not create a rhythmic dance for the church but a sort of frenzied whack-a-mole worship. Now smack your homiletical hand down on this…now that…now this…now that. We need something better.

  3. Weaponizing Our Virtues

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    02/11/20
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Virtue, like all good things, can easily be weaponized. And not only can, but constantly is. Indeed, I would argue that, for churchgoing, rule-following, tradition-honoring, morality-applauding people, virtue often becomes the cancer that we deem a badge of honor.

  4. 2019 Christmas Podcast

    book
    12/22/19
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorensen talk with Chad Bird about his Christmas/Communion hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born.

  5. Jesus and Johnny Cash: Lazarus, Sue, and You

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    10/08/19
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus knows your name. Whether you’re a boy named Sue or a beggar named Lazarus, the God who named that forgotten man has not forgotten you.

  6. The iChisel: Defaced Images and the Human-Faced God

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    07/24/19
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    It’s no wonder we’re so attached to images; we are one. We are human hyphens between the celestial and the terrestrial.

  7. Can the Church Save Singing? Three Simple Recommendations

    book
    07/15/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Imagine yourself at an advanced age. What do you want to remember when you’ve forgotten virtually everything else? Sing that.

  8. The Bible and Your Blessedly Fat Waistline

    book
    06/01/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In the biblical world, having a few extra inches on your waistline was not a reason for dieting but dancing.

  9. The Two Most Important Days In Your Life

    book
    02/21/19
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We have at least one thing going for us: we know the first of these two days —our birthday.

  10. My Favorite 12 1/2 Books of This Year

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    12/17/18
    18 mins
    By Chad Bird
    My nonfiction reads took me into Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and various varieties of Protestantism. Some of my favorites didn’t fall into neat and tidy categories, such as Jordan Peterson and Richard Selzer. It was difficult to narrow the list down, but here are my 12 1/2 favorites of the year.

  11. A Lament for Hurricane Victims

    book
    10/13/18
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.

  12. Ill-Conceived: Pinpointing When Our Lives Went Wrong

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    05/02/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The little psychologist within us is often hard at work to pinpoint the origin of life’s problems.
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