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Writings and Musings of Dr. Matthew C. Gillum

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  • Smoke and Chlorine

    What reminds you of the places you come from? A few weeks ago, we had a busy Saturday. We went to Lockhart and had some barbecue at Black’s and Kreuz. (Kreuz was better this time…though I know that the Smitty’s, Terry Black’s, and Chisholm Trail were all available. The full BBQ crawl is a young…

    matthewcgillum

    June 8, 2026
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    BBQ, bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, Texas
  • Hallways

    In the past year, I’ve begun serving as an Adjunct Professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In particular, I’m serving in teaching the Church Admin and Leadership class. It’s been a wonderful experience thus far. SWBTS holds a lot of history for our family. My wife’s dad and grandfather both served for decades at the…

    matthewcgillum

    June 6, 2026
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    bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, Pastor, Seminary, SWBTS, Theology
  • Reaching Our Quota of Suffering

    How much more difficulty can I expect before I meet my quota? Ever felt like that? Like a container that has been filled almost to the brim, almost to overflowing, with pain? Have you ever experienced the stretching of discomfort against your heart, so much so you wonder at the feel of the heartbeats? In…

    matthewcgillum

    May 29, 2026
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    bible, christianity, consolation, encouragement, faith, god, jesus, overflow, pain
  • Rain and the Spirit

    I really love the rain. People think that I’m deranged, but there’s no better day in my mind than a cold, dreary, slow rain/misty kind of day. You can keep your sun and your sandy beaches, and even your snowstorms. I like a good monsoon. It’s enough of a compulsion that many nights when I…

    matthewcgillum

    May 28, 2026
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    christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, metamodernism, rain
  • Sketches

    As our staff is reading through the Bible in a Year, I ran across a Psalm I’ve read several times before: Psalm 136. If you’re not familiar, it’s the psalm that has “…for his steadfast love endures forever” in every verse. I’d like to insert here some kind of super-spiritual statement about how I felt…

    matthewcgillum

    May 26, 2026
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    bible, divine, faith, god, jesus, love, metamodernism, music, psalms
  • “Six Days on the Bottom of the Ocean”

    One of my favorite bands is an Austin-based group called Explosions in the Sky. I first saw them at Austin City Limits back in 2006, and their music has been a part of my study playlists ever since. Explosions in the Sky has a song called “Six Days on the Bottom of the Ocean.” It…

    matthewcgillum

    May 22, 2026
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    austin city limits, bible, explosions in the sky, faith, god, jesus, jonah, metamodernism, ocean
  • Bolting from the Kids’ Choir

    A few weeks ago, the Kids’ Choir sang at our church. As usual it was a wonderful group of sweet kids singing their hearts out. Those days in church are always good ones! But this time was a bit different. At a point in the song, one of the children up at the front bolted…

    matthewcgillum

    May 20, 2026
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    beauty, bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, worship
  • Dark Ages

    Imagine living in a time where: Nation states are weakened and radically divided along tribal lines. There are many new works of engineering that boggle the mind, but the understanding of their workings grows less and less. There are diseases that seem unstoppable, changing borders and devastating communities. The world is in the grip of…

    matthewcgillum

    May 17, 2026
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    bible, christianity, faith, god, history, jesus, medieval, metamodernism, middle-ages
  • ICYMI

    I’ve been writing on this blog for about a year, and as a result have racked up a pretty substantial amount of articles and posts (at present over 100). As many of you didn’t learn about the site until the past few months, I figured it would be a good time to do a retrospective…

    matthewcgillum

    May 15, 2026
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    jesus, mental-health, metamodernism
  • Icon

    I’ve been asked a few times lately about the apparent growth in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. This topic is growing in the vision of the current generation as it longs to discover authenticity in all things, but especially in faith. In a metamodern world that creates “truths” and then inflicts them upon others,…

    matthewcgillum

    May 12, 2026
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    bible, catholic, christianity, discipleship, evangeliical, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, orthodox
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