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The Problem with Covenant

Recently my spouse, Rebecca, and I shared our thoughts on the place of "covenant" in our life together as Disciples on the D'mergent web page.  The notion of covenant has deep resonances with the Bible, the Christian tradition and Disciples life and thought, so a meditation on those resonances presents an opportunity for Disciples to beneficially think about covenant in our common life together.  In order to continue sharing this piece among Disciples, a link to it is being posted here to that…See More
Mar 18
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Remembering aTeacher---A Book Review that takes stock of a Teacher's Legacy from Where I am Today

“Theology as Enabling a Meeting with the Living Christ: A Review of Bob Martin, God Our Father: Meditations in Theology from Creation to Consummation (Johnson University Press, 2011).Many Christians see theology as a dry ethereal discipline that frequently exists apart from relevance to the life of God’s church even as theology continues to shape that life in often indirect ways. The Stone-Campbell tradition has often manifested this popular allergy to disciplined and reflection on faith and…See More
Feb 10
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

"Corporations, Personhood and the Common Good"

I shared some thoughts about corporations and the common good on Capital Commentary and I wanted to share the link here as well. OWS and recent comments about corporations being people occasioned my musings about these human creations and the common good.http://www.capitalcommentary.org/corporations/corporations-personhood-and-common-goodSee More
Nov 10, 2011
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

“Of James, Jenna and Jesus: Thoughts on Sex and Young Adults Occasioned by Godsey & Pickrel's Oh God, Oh God, Oh God!"

 Picking up a copy of one of Chalice Press' WTF [Where's the Faith] titles elicited a series of reflections about the subject of sexuality and Christian faith that continued to seem worth pursuing even though as a fifty-something I am clearly not in its target audience.  The more I reflected the more I thought that beneficial conversations might be encouraged if I blogged my thoughts occasioned by this provocative book in the form of an essay.  The essay raises a few questions that I think are…See More
Oct 12, 2011
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"Laboring in the Lord’s Vineyard"-- A Review of C. M. Snarr's All You That Labor from the Englewood Review of Books

The living wage campaigns in many cities in the United States presents an opportuinity to contemplate the role of religion, and specifically Christian faith, in a social movement.  In Melissa Snarr's new book All You That Labor this contemporary movement for social justice receives an assessment by a scholar who is also an activist in the movement. For those who wish to think about the manner that religion enables a social movement, this book is well worth the read as it both insightfully…See More
Oct 11, 2011
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Thoughts on Justice, health care delivery and Accountable Care Organizations

While most people probably think of Health Insurance exchanges and reform or court challenges to the constitutionality health care reform when they think of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, that landmark legislation has the potential to have far reaching and pervasive effects throughout the American health care system. In an effort to facilitate broadening dialogue about health reform within the Church, I shared some thoughts in an article for "Capital Commentary" (a publication of the Center for…See More
Sep 2, 2011
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Fertilizing the future with the wisdom of the past.
Jul 25, 2011
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

Reading someone else's mail: Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers From Prison

From when I first read Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers From Prison during college until today, I have found inspiration and provocation in those pages. Last year Fortress Press finally published it's new edition of this spiritual classic as part of it's Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works series and this year Martin Marty's "biography" of Bonhoeffer's prison letters was published by Princeton University Press. I have just published a review of Marty's book in the online venue of the Englewood…See More
Jul 2, 2011
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Brian Morse commented on Jess Hale's blog post 'A Musing on Civil Society and Meals.'
"I'm glad I read this.  Thanks for thinking enough of others to post this. "
Jun 14, 2011
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A Musing on Civil Society and Meals.

As I continue to muse about democracy and civil society on my journey of discipleship and public service, I published some recent thoughts provoked by Janet Flammang's "The Taste for Civilization". Her analysis about the resources for civil society present in practices associated with meals led me to think about the relation of Christian faith lived responsibly in society to an embodied deliberative democracy. The kind folks at Comment Online published my musings and I thought that I would…See More
Jun 11, 2011
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

A Musing on Civil Society and Meals.

As I continue to muse about democracy and civil society on my journey of discipleship and public service, I published some recent thoughts provoked by Janet Flammang's "The Taste for Civilization". Her analysis about the resources for civil society present in practices associated with meals led me to think about the relation of Christian faith lived responsibly in society to an embodied deliberative democracy. The kind folks at Comment Online published my musings and I thought that I would…See More
Jun 11, 2011
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A blog post by Jess Hale was featured

"History You Can Use": A Review of "Renewing Christian Unity"

“History You Can Use”ByJess O. Hale, Jr. Review of Mark G. Toulouse, Gary Holloway & Douglas G. Foster, Renewing Christian Unity:  A Concise History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), (Abilene Christian University Press, 2011), pp. 208.              For persons seeking a walk of discipleship following Jesus of Nazareth within the way formed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and its congregations, Mark Toulouse, Gary Holloway and Doug Foster have provided an eminently…See More
May 18, 2011
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

"History You Can Use": A Review of "Renewing Christian Unity"

“History You Can Use”ByJess O. Hale, Jr. Review of Mark G. Toulouse, Gary Holloway & Douglas G. Foster, Renewing Christian Unity:  A Concise History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), (Abilene Christian University Press, 2011), pp. 208.              For persons seeking a walk of discipleship following Jesus of Nazareth within the way formed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and its congregations, Mark Toulouse, Gary Holloway and Doug Foster have provided an eminently…See More
May 17, 2011
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Jess Hale posted a blog post

A Review Essay on Embodied Deliberative Democracy

Back in March I published a review essay in Religious Studies Review on five rather different books on Christian faith in public life in which I contended could be found a call to an embodied deliberative democracy for American society. The essay is '"Come Let Us Reason Together": Christians at the table in Public Life and Lyndon Johnson's Invitation' in Religious Studies Review, 36.1 (March 2010):23-30. For the time being at least it can be accessed as a free sample on RSR's web site. For…See More
Sep 19, 2010
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“Always Moving, Always Reforming” -- A Review of D. Duane Cummins, The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation

“Always Moving, Always Reforming”Review of D. Duane Cummins, The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation (Chalice, 2009).By Jess O. Hale, Jr.Denominational histories provide a valuable service to their communities of faith as they bring together and tell the story of a particular faith tradition in a coherent manner that enables interested lay folk and probably more significantly clergy in formation to have a compact resource for critically appropriating their particular tradition. For the…See More
Sep 14, 2010
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Doug Pfeiffer commented on Jess Hale's blog post 'Greetings from the Emperor's Palace'
"Thank you, Jess, for offering a good picture of the civil servant. I hear so many comments (alas, even from my own mouth--mea culpa!) criticizing the government, putting it down, and ascribing all kinds of evil to it. As you so well put, some of…"
Apr 15, 2010

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Eastwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Nashville, TN
What are you passionate about?
Reading, writing, theology and public life
Favorite musical artists or genre?
Diana Krall, U2, Sheryl Crow, The Who, Billy Joel, Mary Chapin Carpenter

Jess Hale's Blog

The Problem with Covenant

Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:30am 0 Comments

Recently my spouse, Rebecca, and I shared our thoughts on the place of "covenant" in our life together as Disciples on the D'mergent web page.  The notion of covenant has deep resonances with the Bible, the Christian tradition and Disciples life and thought, so a meditation on those resonances presents an opportunity for Disciples to beneficially think about covenant in our common life together.  In order to continue sharing this piece among Disciples, a link to it is being posted here to…

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Remembering aTeacher---A Book Review that takes stock of a Teacher's Legacy from Where I am Today

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:30pm 0 Comments

“Theology as Enabling a Meeting with the Living Christ: A Review of Bob Martin, God Our Father: Meditations in Theology from Creation to Consummation (Johnson University Press, 2011).



Many Christians see theology as a dry ethereal discipline that frequently exists apart from relevance to the life of God’s church even as theology continues to shape that life in often indirect ways. The Stone-Campbell tradition has often manifested this popular allergy to disciplined and reflection on… Continue

"Corporations, Personhood and the Common Good"

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:10pm 0 Comments

I shared some thoughts about corporations and the common good on Capital Commentary and I wanted to share the link here as well. OWS and recent comments about corporations being people occasioned my musings about these human creations and the common good.
http://www.capitalcommentary.org/corporations/corporations-personhood-and-common-good

“Of James, Jenna and Jesus: Thoughts on Sex and Young Adults Occasioned by Godsey & Pickrel's Oh God, Oh God, Oh God!"

Posted on October 12, 2011 at 12:00pm 0 Comments

 Picking up a copy of one of Chalice Press' WTF [Where's the Faith] titles elicited a series of reflections about the subject of sexuality and Christian faith that continued to seem worth pursuing even though as a fifty-something I am clearly not in its target audience.  The more I reflected the more I thought that beneficial conversations might be encouraged if I blogged my thoughts occasioned by this provocative book in the form of an essay.  The essay raises a few questions that I think…

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At 8:42pm on November 20, 2009, scott rollins said…
Jess, Bad time to reference Georgia Bulldog. All of Bulldog nation mourns our loss of dear UGA VII. But hello anyway
At 6:31pm on November 4, 2009, Sharon E. Watkins said…
Thanks, Jess. Blessings.
At 9:06pm on October 8, 2009, Douglas C. Sloan said…
Welcome to The Intersection. You are cordially invited to participate in the conversations at the blogs "GOD IS..." and "What is not the Good News"
At 4:50am on October 8, 2009, Rebecca Woods said…
Hi Jess,

Thanks for joining The Intersection. We're glad you're here, and we hope that you will help us to grow and develop this community.

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