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Glenn Packiam
Mar 14, 20214 min read
Book Club on "Morality" by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Last week, a dear friend who is an avid reader and one of the most thoughtful Christians I know, sent me a copy of a book he had just...
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Glenn Packiam
Jan 1, 20214 min read
An Intentional Start to the Year
by Glenn and Holly Packiam For well over a decade now, we have taken a few days either at the end of December or at the beginning of...
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Glenn Packiam
Dec 18, 20203 min read
Conscience, Freedom, and the Bible Through Eastern Eyes
[Caveat Lector: I offer these musings as very much a work in progress. I reserve the right to redact or revise any of what follows-- I...
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Glenn Packiam
Nov 27, 20204 min read
Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait
2020—What a year it’s been, huh? The trouble is, we have not assurance that 2021 will be much better. Yet here we are waiting. Waiting...
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Glenn Packiam
Aug 30, 20205 min read
Why We Work for Justice
Why do we care about injustice? Because God’s new creation has begun in us.
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Glenn Packiam
Jun 9, 20204 min read
Preaching in the Cultural Moment
How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said...
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Glenn Packiam
Jun 5, 20203 min read
When God Groans
What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God...
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Glenn Packiam
Dec 31, 20195 min read
The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights
It is all the rage to talk about how oppressive Christianity is and has always been. It’s even more troubling to see some Christians...
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Glenn Packiam
Dec 23, 20195 min read
What I Read In 2019 (And Why)
2019 was a good year for reading. I managed to read about 30 books this year, which may be a personal high, but there were several...
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Glenn Packiam
Jan 19, 20186 min read
‘How to Think’: A Summary
The goal of the book is to help us learn to interrogate our instincts and intuitions by examining the social, emotional, linguistic, and...
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Glenn Packiam
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017
I feel like I read a lot of books this year. But it would be more accurate to say that I read parts of a lot of books this year. Graduate...
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Glenn Packiam
Sep 25, 20175 min read
Seek First to Understand: Can Public Discourse Be Saved?
We don’t understand each other. And I’m not sure how hard we’re trying. This is not a post about athletes or anthems, flags or protests....
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Glenn Packiam
Feb 6, 20175 min read
What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?
What does it mean to be prophetic? The word is thrown around a lot, but depending on which circles you run in, it means something quite...
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Glenn Packiam
Jan 18, 20174 min read
The Currency of Christian Leadership
Where do leaders in churches and Christian ministries gain their authority to lead? It is tempting to simply say, ‘From God!’ There is,...
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Glenn Packiam
Jan 12, 20174 min read
How the Past Can Rescue the Present
At the start of new year, most of our attention is focused on what lies ahead. It’s really one of the few times we take our eyes of the...
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Glenn Packiam
Feb 11, 20153 min read
Better Sex, the Subjugation of Women, and Shades of the Real Thing
I’m blushing. I don’t write like this. I don’t like to talk like this in public. But when the public conversation is about a book and a...
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Glenn Packiam
Oct 20, 20144 min read
Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?
[NOTE: This is a follow-up piece to my initial response to the reactions to Hillsong’s decision to decline making a public statement on...
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Glenn Packiam
Oct 18, 20144 min read
It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem
So, Hillsong declined to publicly declare a position on ‘LGBT issues’. And the internet was awash with opinions. Some shook their heads...
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Glenn Packiam
Dec 31, 20133 min read
On the Limits of New Year’s Resolutions
Resolutions are powerful things. We feel all the energy of a new year rushing forward, washing over past failures or shortcomings. I like...
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Glenn Packiam
Sep 27, 20101 min read
Overview of Ephesians in 15 Minutes by N. T. Wright
For those already familiar with theologian N. T. Wright, this talk will seem a bit elementary– and much shorter!– than his normal...
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