Glenn Packiam

Pastor // Author // Practical Theologian

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    Book Club on "Morality" by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
    Glenn Packiam
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    An Intentional Start to the Year
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Conscience, Freedom, and the Bible Through Eastern Eyes
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    Why We Work for Justice
    Glenn Packiam
    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    Why We Work for Justice

    Why do we care about injustice? Because God’s new creation has begun in us.
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    Preaching in the Cultural Moment
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    When God Groans
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    What I Read In 2019 (And Why)
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    ‘How to Think’: A Summary
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 19, 2018
    • 6 min

    ‘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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    Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    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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    Seek First to Understand: Can Public Discourse Be Saved?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 25, 2017
    • 5 min

    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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    What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 5 min

    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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    The Currency of Christian Leadership
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 18, 2017
    • 4 min

    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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    How the Past Can Rescue the Present
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 12, 2017
    • 4 min

    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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    Better Sex, the Subjugation of Women, and Shades of the Real Thing
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 11, 2015
    • 3 min

    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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    Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 20, 2014
    • 4 min

    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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    It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 18, 2014
    • 4 min

    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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    On the Limits of New Year’s Resolutions
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 31, 2013
    • 3 min

    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, 2010
    • 1 min

    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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