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Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, LSTC

About Brian Halverson

Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, LSTC

Fundamentalism’s Common Shapes

June 6, 2016 by Brian Halverson

The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000. Reviewed by Brian Halverson In the aftermath of September 11th, as people struggle to understand the causes, impact, and implications of terrorism, Karen Armstrong’s book The Battle for God is both timely and particularly relevant.  She traces the causes of religious fundamentalism […]

Filed Under: Justice

Who Defines the Ministry?

June 3, 2016 by Brian Halverson

The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call, Marva J. Dawn and Eugene H. Peterson, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000.  (Published jointly with Regent College Publishing) Reviewed by Brian Halverson In a homily given at a conference for church leaders recently, a pastor remarked on how he hears the same response given by clergy when they […]

Filed Under: Where Do We God From Here?

20.1 Lent 2015

The Catechumenate

19.4: Advent 2014

Communion and Community

19.3: Ordinary Time 2014

Green coffee beans (top left), Nicaraguan red beans (top right), corn (bottom left) and millet, vital Nicaraguan crops, held in women farmers’ hands

Food and Justice

19.2: Pentecost 2014

Latvian Wheat by Dace Kiršpile

Growing Leaders

19.1: Epiphany 2014

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