Jamie Howison's Blog (2)

"Not a typical or uncontroversial fundamentalist"

Just published a book on my great-grandfather, who was described in an academic journal as being "Not a typical or uncontroversial fundamentalist;" it ended up becoming the title of this little book.


He was a really interesting character: a fundamentalist (dispensationalist, no less) lay preacher, he was a major grain baron, multi-millionaire, and all around complex guy. He believed that the typical fundamentalist hang-ups over drinking and smoking were completely…
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Added by Jamie Howison on August 5, 2010 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Anyone making sense of the rite of Confirmation these days?

Hi all,

Listen, I'm just wanting to check around and see what people are doing with Confirmation these days... that proverbial rite in search of a theology. In my own context - www.stbenedictstable.ca - we practice open table, but do put real emphasis on baptism. I could rehearse some of what informs that; I've done so in a little book we've published on this topic. I'm going to assume that many of you have also come to a place of seeing participation in communion as being, at least for… Continue

Added by Jamie Howison on March 10, 2009 at 3:56pm — 11 Comments

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