Theology Nerd Throwdown

One week after Theology Beer Camp 2026, Bo and I are still catching up on sleep and still processing what happened in Kansas City. Bo brought a top 10 list of camp reflections, and I had no idea what was on it. Along the way, we got the backstories: Bo discovering that the Tolkien scholar he was about to interview had been his third-grade camp counselor, a quiet guy at camp h...

Camp is less than a week away. Bo is calling in from the camper in his Idaho driveway, unshowered after a few days of replacing floors, and announcing that Jesus might be our only hope. As the guy with the high Christology, I'm going to enjoy reminding him of that. I tried out some of my camp talk material on him: "softcore idolatry," a list of the habits mainline churches us...