Theology & a Recipe

An e-newsletter in which I fuse my passions for theology and cooking… with delicious results. Quarterly feasts, plus the occasional hors d’oeuvre or afternoon snack. Available only to subscribers. Sign up at the bottom of this page!

Past Issues

2024
Fall 2024: Twelve Times through the Catechism, with Reformation Roses
Summer 2024: Jesus’ Metamorphosis, with Gleaming White Panna Cotta
Spring 2024: Bad Pie, with Good Pie

2023
Winter 2023: Narnia and the North, with Turkish Delight
Fall 2023: Food, Not Medicine, with Three Dishes from Three Places I’ve Never Been
Summer 2023: St. Matthew’s Doctrine of Recapitulation, with Heaven-Like-Leaven Bread with Mint, Cumin, and Dill
Spring 2023: Miss Marple’s Low Anthropology, with Red Herrings

2022
Winter 2022: A Tale of Two Sauls, with First Flapjacks and Second Flapjacks
Fall 2022: Taste and See That the Lord Is [???], with Texture Bowl, Hot Wings, and Lavender Shortbread
Summer 2022: A-Tumblin’ Down, with Mrs. Kipfmueller’s Springerle Cookies
Spring 2022: In Christ There Is No Kindar or Erdling, with a Rejoyning Feast
Late Winter 2022 Bonus: Protons and Fleurons, with Henry Melchior Muhlenberg’s Favorite Sauerkraut and Spaetzle

2021
Winter 2021: People Became Subhuman That Cybertech Might Become Divine, with [We Use] Cookies [To Improve Your Online Experience]
Reformation 2021 Bonus: To Baptize or Not to Baptize, with Croquembouche Baptême
Fall 2021: The Four Deaths of Jonah and the Two Faces of God, with Stuffed Big Fish
Late Summer 2021 Bonus: I Am a Brave Bridge, with St. George Carrot Soup
Summer 2021: The Trinity Is Not an Egg, with Heretical Eggs and Basil-the-Great Pesto
Spring 2021: The Resurrection Will Not Be Quarantined, with Three-Day Parkin
Later Winter 2021 Bonus: Bubble Tea at the Pearly Gates

2020
Winter 2020: Latkes for Jesus, with Potato Pancakes, Savory Roasted Applesauce, and Horseradish Sour Cream
Fall 2020: Late Have I Loved Thee, with Augustinian Pear Tart
Late Summer 2020 Bonus: Introducing Thornbush Press, with Pain d’Épine
Summer 2020: Why the Happy Ending of Acts Isn’t Bad News, with Parthians & Medes
Pandemic 2020 Bonus: Your Best Omelette Now!
Spring 2020: Radical Amillennialism, or, an Open Letter to the Book of Revelation, with Seven Bowls of Snacks

2019
Winter 2019: Repent and Be Pickled, with Catechetipickles and Kitchen Castoff Pickles
Fall 2019: Discerning Walls with Leviticus, with Hot Quiche and Cold Soup
Summer 2019: One Cake with Christ, with Chocolate-Vanilla Swirl Bread
Spring 2019: Reading the Gospel of Mark Like a Novel, with Deviled Pork and Withered Fig Chutney

Book Recommendations

August 2024: Christ Is Time, Flatbreads and Flavors, The Rose and the Yew Tree
June 2024: Sealed, The New Midwestern Table, The Backslider
May 2024: The Nicene Creed, The Old World Kitchen, Dram of Poison
March 2024: Rainbow Spirit Theology, The Food Saver’s A–Z, Oscar and Lucinda
November 2023: This Is My Beloved Son, The Complete Book of Greek Cooking, The Golden Ass
October 2023: G. K. Chesterton and the Everlasting People, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, The Man Who Was Thursday
August 2023: Paul among the People, Stay and Fight, Power Vegetables
July 2023: Creatures of Possibility, Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Surreal Gourmet
May 2023: At the Heart of the White Rose, Classic German Baking, Gestures
April 2023: Theology of the Pain of God, Washoku, The Tattoo Murder
February 2023: The Crucifixion, The Flavor Thesaurus, Lavinia
January 2023: Albert Camus and the Minister, Recipes from a French Herb Garden, The Black Tulip