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When Words Fail: A Writer’s Confession

Writers write. Teachers teach. Preachers preach. The vocations are distinct, to be sure. Writers seek to say something authentic and true, to "speak what we feel, not what we ought to say." Teachers hope to meet students where they are, leading them along step-by step.…

Justin BaileyJune 1, 2020

Confessional Costly Hope

Crisis, Cliché, and Costly Hope

What makes a cliché a cliché? Is it the sheer fact of overuse, like a pop hit that has been overplayed? Or is it the brevity, boiling down complexity to fit on a bumper sticker? Or is it the sugary comfort that dissolves like cotton…

Justin BaileyMay 4, 2020

Confessional

Of Anonymity and Ambition: A New Venture, A New Book

My posting plan: my goal each week is 1) to post a piece of fresh content (an blog post, article, sermon, or lecture), 2) to highlight or refresh something I've written in the past, and 3) to highlight other noteworthy pieces of content from others,…

Justin BaileyMay 1, 2020

Articles & Essays Confessional Short Articles

Game of Thrones and Theodicy

I'm not a Game of Thrones fan, though I did read the first book on my trip to Denali in 2011. Martin is an excellent writer and has created a dense, believable world. Salacious material aside, I'm not surprised that the show has had so much…

Justin BaileyJune 16, 2015

Confessional

The heart of my hopes by day and my dreams by night…

If hours and hours of research sometimes brings me to tears, it is usually because of the ordinary pressures of being a doctoral student. But every once in awhile I am seized by unlooked-for tears of a different, but more welcome sort. I've been researching the…

Justin BaileyMay 30, 2015

Confessional

“119:25” – My Seventy-Seven Second Spoken Word Piece

I wrote a short spoken word poem today during morning prayer and thought I would share it. Since it is spoken word, I made a quick recording. Enjoy! 119.25 "119.25"Man is the only animal that blushes, says Twain.Or needs to.The crown of divine creativity - humanityMade…

Justin BaileyJanuary 9, 2015

Confessional Short Articles

Freedom is Finding the Right Limitations: Six Calls on My Life

I am convinced that true freedom is not the absence of limitations but finding the right limitations, limitations that are life-giving and liberating. My marriage vows limit me, but they also set me free. My children limit me profoundly, but my children have also opened up enormous new space for…

Justin BaileySeptember 15, 2014

Confessional

What I’m Doing: Seven Reflections After One Year of PhD Studies

1) There is very little prestige in doing a PhD in Theology, even if it is funded. People’s responses range from moderate apathy to thinking you may handle snakes. The usual exchange: “I’m doing a PhD…” (impressed eyebrow raise; “he’s a genius!”) “… in Theology.”…

Justin BaileySeptember 4, 2014

Confessional Ministry

Fifty Things I Will Miss About Antioch

Today is my last Sunday and my last day as pastor at Antioch Bible Church. The last 7.5 years have been the best of my life. I sat down and made a rather stream-of-consciousness list of 50 things that I will miss about Antioch. More…

Justin BaileyAugust 18, 2013

Confessional

Why Pursue a PhD? Or, “Why I Need New Eyes”

I read a fantastic piece today on Fuller's website written by Katherine Lee (a recent Fuller graduate). I found it profoundly moving, in that it encapsulated so much of why I have chosen to continue my education at a doctoral level as well as the…

Justin BaileyMay 22, 2013

Confessional

When Words Fail: A Writer’s Confession

Crisis, Cliché, and Costly Hope

Of Anonymity and Ambition: A New Venture, A New Book

Game of Thrones and Theodicy

The heart of my hopes by day and my dreams by night…

“119:25” – My Seventy-Seven Second Spoken Word Piece

Freedom is Finding the Right Limitations: Six Calls on My Life

What I’m Doing: Seven Reflections After One Year of PhD Studies

Fifty Things I Will Miss About Antioch

Why Pursue a PhD? Or, “Why I Need New Eyes”

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