May 2009
4 posts
Destroying your faith one page at a time (oh wait,...
[A review for the Ooze Viral Bloggers Network]
I recently read Jesus, Interrupted by New Testament scholar and best-selling author Bart Ehrman. Over the years I had heard a lot about Ehrman’s scandalous books, but this is the first one I’ve ever read. For a little background, Ehrman went to college as a very conservative Christian, went on to study New Testament scholarship, earning a PhD, but...
Peter Rollins' Parable Writing Competition
The following is an announcement from Peter Rollins regarding his Parable Writing Competition. His new book, The Orthodox Heretic, just came out. I haven’t read it yet - still waiting for my copy to arrive…
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To mark the US release of my latest book, Paraclete is running a writing competition. The idea is to get you, yes you, to write...
Lala
So where did Lala come from? I’d never heard of it until today. Looks great. Have any of you been using this?
You can even use it to embed songs…like this…
This was one of my favorite songs at the Over the Rhine concert this past weekend.
All moments are key moments
The following words are from Frederick Buechner’s beautiful memoir Now and Then: A memoir of vocation.
“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is...