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Mary
Hinkle Shore Office: Bockman Hall 119 |
During the 2010-11 academic year, I am on sabbatical. I will check email only periodically. I will not be checking my office phone. If you need to reach me, use the Google voice number listed above or contact the faculty secretary, Victoria Smith, at 651-641-3209.
Courses
During the 2010-11 academic year, I am on a writing leave.
Resources
Retooling Greek for Parish Ministry
This Kairos class was offered in June of 2010. All handouts & resources are here.
Working Preacher
Writing and Not Writing the Sermon (on the virtues of procrastination)
8-Hour Sermon Resources
4Ds Handout, fall 2009 (.pdf)
"In the Beginning..."
This is a slightly different look at Genesis 1-3, written by Ann Herbert (.pdf).
Understanding by Design & Problem-Based Learning
Here's material on facets of understanding that I worked with when developing my New Testament exegesis-teaching tool, Into the New Testament.
Here I describe the steps in problem-based learning.
Matthew
Here's a bibliography of resources for teaching and preaching the Gospel of Matthew.
Weblogs
Pilgrim Preaching is a blog specifically dedicated to "Keeping company with biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them." I write on lectionary texts here.
Balancing Pose is my life/work blog.
Into the New Testament
Into the New Testament is my 2003-04 sabbatical project, a web site to teach New Testament exegetical skills. It includes resource pages on nine different skills along with some problem-based learning problems for practicing those skills.
Speaking & Travel
Publications
Books
Co-author, New Proclamation, Series A 2007-08, Advent-Holy Week, (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007). I wrote the portions on Advent and Christmas texts.
Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2003. In the Lutheran Voices series.
Essays & Articles
"'How I pray is breathe': Yoga, Christianity, and Healing," forthcoming in Word & World 30/1 (2010).
“Establishing Social Presence in Online Courses: Why and How,” Theological Education 41/3 (2007).
“Exegesis,” Lectionary Homiletics 17/6 (October/November, 2006).
“Preaching Mission: Call and Promise in Matthew 28:16-20.” Word & World 26 (2006) : 322-28.
“Creation, Vocation, and Little Faith in Matthew’s Gospel,” 66-72, in And God Saw that It Was Good: Essays on Creation and God in Honor of Terence E. Fretheim. Word & World Supplement Series 5 (St. Paul: Luther Seminary, 2006).
“People Like Us: Minor Characters in Matthew’s Passion,” Word & World 25 (2005) : 76-83.
"Preaching for Mission: Ancient Speeches and Postmodern Sermons," 87-102 in Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context, eds. Robert Gallagher and Paul Hertig. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004.
"Lesson Plans" and "Seeing Things," Living by the Word articles in The Christian Century 120/18 (Sept. 6, 2003) 18-19.
"Visible Testimony: Work and Witness in the Body of Christ," Lutheran Woman Today 16/7 (Sept. 2003) 6-9.
"Mary Magdalene," in The Encyclopedia of Christianity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003) vol. 3.
"Exegesis," Lectionary Homiletics, Sept. 2002.
"The Lord’s Prayer: Empowerment for Living the Sermon on the Mount,"Word & World 22/1 (2002) 9-17.
"American Protestant Preaching: A Twentieth-Century Perspective,"Word & World 20/1 (2000) 96-104.
"Exegesis for Textual Preaching." Word & World 19/1 (1999) 58-64.
"Learning What Righteousness Means: Hosea 6:6 and the Ethic of Mercy in Matthew’s Gospel." Word & World 18/4 (1998) 355-363.
Reviews
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, by Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer. Teaching Theology and Religion 7/3 (2004) 171f.
Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations, by Warren Carter. Word & World 23/3 (2003) 336f.
1 Corinthians by Richard B. Hays. Word & World 19/3 (1999) : 210f.
Preaching Doctrine by Robert Hughes and Robert Kysar. Word & World 19/1 (1999) : 96f.
Moral Vision of the New Testament by Richard B. Hays. Word & World 18/4 (1998) : 220-22.
Preaching Jesus by Charles Campbell. dialog 37 (1998) : 75-78.
Curriculum
"'Only Connect': God and God's Way in the World," in Windows of Faith: The Catechumenate for a New Generation, published by the ELCA and Lutheran Campus Ministry, 2006.
"Grace upon Grace: A Study of John’s Gospel," Lutheran Woman Today. This nine-session study of the Gospel of John published in issues of the magazine from September 2002-May 2003.
Education
Ph. D. Duke University, 1997.
M. Div. Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary (Luther Seminary), 1986. Ordained in 1986.
B. A. Capital University, 1982.
Last updated: June 21, 2010 .