Justin Bailey, Author at Justin Ariel Bailey

Gospel of Matthew New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

“A Glimpse of How Things Really Are” – Matthew 17

Who gets to say how things really are? This is an important question, particularly in a world of spin rooms, fake news, and alternative facts. There is no shortage of people who claim that they can truly see, who want to wake us up to…

Justin BaileyMarch 8, 2020

Gospel of Matthew New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

Water and the Wilderness – Matthew 4

We are called to walk through the wilderness of this world, kissed by the baptismal blessing. But there are times when we wish we could wash away the baptismal claim on our life. Times when we want life on our own terms. Times when we…

Justin BaileyMarch 1, 2020

Articles & Essays Popular Culture Short Articles

The Death of Kobe Bryant: Fallen Icons and Heart of Popular Culture

On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash. The deaths sent shockwaves through the NBA, Los Angeles, and the world at large. NBA teams started games by taking 24 and 8 second violations,…

Justin BaileyJanuary 30, 2020

Articles & Essays Popular Culture Short Articles

Shows that Shape Us: The Office

In the previous post, I shared a series of questions for understanding the popular culture that shapes us. I wrote of how many of the students in my Theology and Popular Culture class are hesitant to share the pieces of pop culture that shape them.…

Justin BaileyJanuary 22, 2020

Articles & Essays Popular Culture Short Articles

Shows that Shape Us: Asking the Right Questions

I teach a class called Theology and Popular Culture in which I encourage students to think theologically about the media in which they are immersed. Early in the semester, I ask them to consider the following questions: What is one piece of popular culture that…

Justin BaileyJanuary 21, 2020

Book Reviews Books

None but Not Yet Done: Review of “The Twentysomething Soul”

Title: The Twentysomething Soul: Understanding the Religious and Secular Lives of American Young AdultsAuthor: Tim Clydesdale, Kathleen Garces-FoleyPublisher: Oxford University PressPublishing Date: August 2, 2019Pages: 256 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0190931353 There are 47 million twentysomethings in the United States. To make things easier, let us imagine them as represented by a group of…

Justin BaileyDecember 5, 2019

Articles & Essays Short Articles

Strengths and Shadows: Using the Enneagram in the Classroom

Confession: I have always loved personality tests. In the nineties it was the DISC profile. In the aughts it was Myers-Briggs. I never caught on to Strengths Finder, but still have used all three instruments (DISC, Myers-Briggs, and Strengths) with students in the classroom, leadership…

Justin BaileySeptember 17, 2019

Book Reviews Books

Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of “In Search of Common Good”

Title: In Search of Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured WorldAuthor: Jake MeadorPublisher: InterVarsity PressPublishing Date: June 25, 2019Pages: 208 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0830845545 A few years ago, our family moved from the West Coast (Los Angeles) to the Midwest (northwest Iowa). A friend questioned whether I would…

Justin BaileySeptember 5, 2019

Genesis Old Testament OT Narrative Sermons

A Stone and A Staircase – Genesis 28

Why do different people experience the world in such different ways? Why do some people experience the world as bursting with God’s presence, and others nothing more than noise? What are the ways that we have been shaped to see, or not see, to hear or not…

Justin BaileyAugust 18, 2019

Colossians New Testament NT Letters Sermons

Raised with Christ – Colossians 2-3

Our systems of self-improvement may bring a sense of accomplishment. But they can also bring anxiety, with an ever-advancing finish line, where the numbers reinforce our sense that there is a fantasy self that we are failing to become. So for all confused and exhausted believers,…

Justin BaileyJuly 14, 2019

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“A Glimpse of How Things Really Are” – Matthew 17

Water and the Wilderness – Matthew 4

The Death of Kobe Bryant: Fallen Icons and Heart of Popular Culture

Shows that Shape Us: The Office

Shows that Shape Us: Asking the Right Questions

None but Not Yet Done: Review of “The Twentysomething Soul”

Strengths and Shadows: Using the Enneagram in the Classroom

Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of “In Search of Common Good”

A Stone and A Staircase – Genesis 28

Raised with Christ – Colossians 2-3

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