Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy

2019's Top Blog Posts

Looking back, 2019 was a burr. On top of conferences and vacations, I wrote more than ever before. Here are the most popular posts of 2019.

BloggingTeer HardyDecember 31, 2019Blog, 2019, Year ReviewComment

Best of 2019 - Crackers and Grape Juice Edition

2019 was a great year for Crackers & Grape Juice. Here are my favorite conversations from 2019.

Crackers & Grape J..., GC2019, podcastsTeer HardyDecember 30, 2019Crackers and Grape Juice, CGJ, Podcast, 2019, Year ReviewComment

Yes, There's Church After Christmas

What does life look like after Christmas? Is creation still happening? What is the benefit of knowing the end of the story?

Strangely Warmed, podcastsTeer HardyDecember 26, 2019First Sunday After Christmas, Strangely Warmed, Podcast, Preaching, Year AComment

Peace on Earth

The birth of Christ was and continues to be Good News for all people.

SermonTeer HardyDecember 24, 2019Christmas Eve, Luke 2:1-20, Emmanuel, Sermon, Preaching, Mount OlivetComment

Dream On

God’s revelation, God’s dreams rearrange our lives, disrupting the trajectory of what we have set for ourselves, just as an intruder in the middle of the night has the ability to suddenly, without warning rearrange the layout of a home.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 22, 2019Joseph, Advent 4, Year A, Sermon, Preaching, Teer Hardy, Mount Olivet, Matthew 1:18-25, Dream, AerosmithComment

Borrowed Time

God will do what God will do, and the timing, however much we like to think we can control, is not up to us.

Advent, HauerwasTeer HardyDecember 20, 2019Stanley Hauerwas, Advent-ure, Advent, Devotional, Jesus, EschatonComment

Christmas is Coming

Should the church be political on Christmas Eve? How important is the passing of the peace? How small is our all?

podcasts, Strangely WarmedTeer HardyDecember 18, 2019Year A, Christmas EveComment

Crazy Talk

Teer HardyDecember 17, 2019 Comment

At War in Advent

While immersing ourselves into the season of Christmas we have bypassed, overlooked, and neglected the season of preparation. Like Lent is to Easter, Advent prepares us for the coming of Christ.

Advent, Advent Devotionals 2019Teer HardyDecember 13, 2019Advent-ure, Advent, Stanley Hauerwas, Crackers and Grape Juice, podcastComment

Jesus, Put in a Cage & Denied a Flu Shot

In all we do, in all we post and tweet, in all we pray, may we, Christ’s body the Church, point away from ourselves and to Jesus Christ.

Advent, Bad ChristianityTeer HardyDecember 12, 2019Advent, Advent 2019, Immigration, Flu, Pastor, Leadership, donald trump, Jesus, Christianity, Stanley Hauerwas, fleming rutledgeComment

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Shadows created by the moonlight bouncing off the white pine trees were creepy for sure but by the end of each summer, I embraced the shadows knowing not only was there nothing to be afraid but also that the shadows revealed parts of the forest I would miss during the day.

The Bond Between Trump and White Evangelicals

Trump, like Harding, praises the devout, advocates policies consistent with evangelical readings of the Bible and seeks to use his office to advance evangelicals’ theological agenda.

Crackers & Grape J..., podcastsTeer HardyDecember 6, 2019podcast, donald trump, Crackers and Grape JuiceComment

Hope | Keeping Watching in the Dark

We begin a new year within the church waiting, not for an infant but rather we are waiting for Christ’s return.

Parker Haynes: Is the Future of Methodism, Anglican?

Our future lies in returning to the fold of the Anglican Communion. This does not mean that we must abandon all Methodist distinctives or emphases; we can seek ways to rejoin the family that allow us always to remember our heritage.

Teer HardyNovember 22, 2019Comment

Grateful | Storytelling

Away from home, separated from family and friends, the loss of what was known - the song practically writes itself.

Advent Devotional - A Review

Advent “is a season of strange proclamations, mysterious movements, and ultimately ends in a place unexpected.”

Advent Devotionals 2019, AdventTeer HardyNovember 13, 2019Advent Devotional, Taylor Mertins, Book Review, AdventComment

Gratitude | Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks

Tell the oppressed to be grateful for their oppressor or the abused to be grateful for the abuser and let me know how that works out.

Grateful, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyNovember 10, 2019Rejoice, Prayer, Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Diana Butler Bass, Mount Olivet, Sermon, Preaching, 1 The 5:16-24, ImpatienceComment

Advent is Coming

Join me on a daily journey through this season of anticipation and yearning.

Advent, Advent Devotionals 2019, BooksTeer HardyNovember 5, 2019Advent Devotional, Advent, Abingdon PressComment

The Grateful Dead

“Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning.” - Karl Barth

An Unacceptable Parable

Why don't we read from the prophet Joel more often? Is there anything the Spirit can't do? Is grace unacceptable?