Fleming Rutledge
@frutledge.bsky.social
Episcopal priest, theologian, author of "The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ" and many other books. Wife, grandmother.
Working on the fault line between evangelical and progressive. Romans 11:32.
Working on the fault line between evangelical and progressive. Romans 11:32.
We Episcopalians lost so much when we gave this up. I grew up with it from early childhood, being in a Morning Prayer parish. It comforts me still, just as it was with the "offensive" phrases still in place.
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We Episcopalians lost so much when we gave this up. I grew up with it from early childhood, being in a Morning Prayer parish. It comforts me still, just as it was with the "offensive" phrases still in place.
This week's New Yorker cover.
Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison.
Title: "You're fired!"
Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison.
Title: "You're fired!"
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This week's New Yorker cover.
Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison.
Title: "You're fired!"
Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison.
Title: "You're fired!"
This, my latest, is from Baylor University Press who also hosts such luminaries as Ephraim Radner. This book would not exist without the initiatives of Kimlyn Bender, Professor of Systematic Theology at Truett, and one of the best colleagues I've had in my whole life--which is saying quite a lot.
January 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This, my latest, is from Baylor University Press who also hosts such luminaries as Ephraim Radner. This book would not exist without the initiatives of Kimlyn Bender, Professor of Systematic Theology at Truett, and one of the best colleagues I've had in my whole life--which is saying quite a lot.
I'm late with this, but the Twelve Days last till Jan. 6. Emily H McGowin's Christmas book (in same IVP series as my Epiphany) digs into the entire season not only theologically but also with emphasis on the "lowly," marginal people whom God loves. These 2 pages give a good sample of what she's done
December 22, 2024 at 3:52 AM
I'm late with this, but the Twelve Days last till Jan. 6. Emily H McGowin's Christmas book (in same IVP series as my Epiphany) digs into the entire season not only theologically but also with emphasis on the "lowly," marginal people whom God loves. These 2 pages give a good sample of what she's done
A dear friend, knowing what I'm going through, sent this.
I never thought I'd be looking for daily help from James, but this works for me...because the subject is PATIENCE, which is the gift of the Spirit, not something I work up in myself. The agency is God's. That, as always, makes the difference
I never thought I'd be looking for daily help from James, but this works for me...because the subject is PATIENCE, which is the gift of the Spirit, not something I work up in myself. The agency is God's. That, as always, makes the difference
December 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM
A dear friend, knowing what I'm going through, sent this.
I never thought I'd be looking for daily help from James, but this works for me...because the subject is PATIENCE, which is the gift of the Spirit, not something I work up in myself. The agency is God's. That, as always, makes the difference
I never thought I'd be looking for daily help from James, but this works for me...because the subject is PATIENCE, which is the gift of the Spirit, not something I work up in myself. The agency is God's. That, as always, makes the difference
On Thanksgiving Day, I like to reread this passage from William Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation. The Pilgrims/Puritans are much scorned today, but I find their devotion to the Word of God and to one another quite inspiring. No human collective has ever been without sin.
November 28, 2024 at 2:19 AM
On Thanksgiving Day, I like to reread this passage from William Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation. The Pilgrims/Puritans are much scorned today, but I find their devotion to the Word of God and to one another quite inspiring. No human collective has ever been without sin.
Advent is near. I argue in my book (second-best selling of all my books, but not very influential so far!) that it is the duty of the church to resist premature Christmas promotion, 99% commercial in its origin and power. A rigorous Advent can be our liturgical and personal resistance.
November 23, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Advent is near. I argue in my book (second-best selling of all my books, but not very influential so far!) that it is the duty of the church to resist premature Christmas promotion, 99% commercial in its origin and power. A rigorous Advent can be our liturgical and personal resistance.
I am collecting various writings by secular commentators that are remarkable apropos of the challenge faced by the mainline churches in the present environment. Virtue-signaling has clearly had its day. Here is something by a writer I admire, Roger Rosenblatt:
November 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM
I am collecting various writings by secular commentators that are remarkable apropos of the challenge faced by the mainline churches in the present environment. Virtue-signaling has clearly had its day. Here is something by a writer I admire, Roger Rosenblatt:
Had lunch in NYC with Tom Holland last week at the Century Club. What a blessing. If you haven't read "Dominion" yet, you've missed one of the greatest reads ever on the history of Christianity in the West.
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Had lunch in NYC with Tom Holland last week at the Century Club. What a blessing. If you haven't read "Dominion" yet, you've missed one of the greatest reads ever on the history of Christianity in the West.
It's a bit late in the season, but this is 2/3 Lenten sermons and 1/3 Easter sermons:
March 25, 2024 at 2:37 AM
It's a bit late in the season, but this is 2/3 Lenten sermons and 1/3 Easter sermons: