Walter Brueggemann Column

Church Anew is honored to host Walter Brueggemann as our featured columnist. We look forward to sharing Walter’s work with church leaders and faithful people worldwide. May his powerful and reflective writings inspire, energize, guide, and comfort you.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 9/27/23 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 9/27/23

Reflections of My Childhood

It occurs to me that this deep conviction of God’s providential care (that as instanced for me by my dad) is best sung, because it does not conform to our conventional adherence to patterns of “cause and effect.” That is, it dwells outside of our common rationality and invites us to think in alternative categories.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/5/23 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/5/23

Reflecting Awe: Intersecting Pietism, Faith, and Science

The tradition of pietism that informs my faith was enormously elastic and agile in its recognition of new learning, including advances in science.