June 2009
14 posts
Poets, Prophets, and Preachers
I’m going.
Should be an amazing event. Of course I’ve heard Peter Rollins speak many times, so I’m most interested in hearing Rob Bell in this context. He is so incredibly talented and everything he does surges with creativity. I really don’t care what he says, I’m more interested in how he says it. Shane Hipps should be good too. I read his first book and remember...
"Religions die"
Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Philip Jenkins about his most recent book, The Lost History of Christianity. I find this all very fascinating.
Your book’s first sentence is “Religions die,” which is rather shocking to the way we see religions existing today: I think we expect cults to fade away, but not established religions. Why are you concerned, at this...
You want to listen to my problems, right?
I’ve got a problem.
In January I made a pretty significant change in my life. I cut back my hours at work, with a corresponding pay cut, and started taking classes more seriously at Truett Seminary at Baylor. I decided to make this change for a few reasons. First off, I just needed a change, a change involving a move in a somewhat different career direction. Also, I figured this was a win-win...
Revolution
I joined Twitter this past week - turned out to be good timing. I’ve been hooked to checking updates on what is going on in Iran via Twitter. In particular, Andrew Sullivan’s blog has been incredible (see his live blog from Saturday for an example). He had an article Sunday reflecting on the revolution occuring via Twitter this past week. Here’s a sample, but you should read...
"It shakes me. I wonder if God is shaken."
UPDATE: The video is now on You Tube, so here it is directly.
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Andrew Sullivan has posted a powerful and haunting reflection by a woman in Iran. You should go watch the video. Here are her words (go watch the video first):
Friday the 19th of June 2009. Tomorrow, Saturday. Tomorrow is a day of destiny. Tonight, the cries of Allah-o Akbar (“God is...
"Covenant Stories" by Gordon Atkinson
Gordon Atkinson (aka Real Live Preacher) is someone I look up to as an example of what a faithful Christian and church pastor should like. Gordon is the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in San Antonio, where Brooke and I went for a Franciscan Retreat last summer. Over the past few months Gordon has been writing short stories about the time he has spent at Covenant. I find these stories quite...
Images from VOID
Here are some images from the most recent VOID event.
Photos taken by Ronald Tipton
Jim Wallis interviews Jon Stewart
Jim Wallis of Sojourners and God’s Politics recently interviewed Jon Stewart of The Daily Show. Here’s an excerpt:
When it comes to aspects of faith, you’ve said you’re not particularly observant—you said you had a bacon cheese croissantwich during Passover this year. What are the best and worst ways you’ve seen religion impact current events?
Religion makes sense to me. I have...
“Increasingly I’ve come to wonder if churches are, to some extent, analogous to...”
– Fernando Gros
The Penguins Win the Stanley Cup!
Two Pittsburgh champions for 2009 - first the Steelers and now the Penguins. Will the Pirates make it a third this year?
Terry Eagleton
I’m interested in a new book by Terry Eagleton critiquing the so-called “new atheists” from a Marxist agnostic(?) perspective (I’m not exactly sure how his perspective should be described, which is why I’m interested). The book is called Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate and is based on lectures you can listen to online (here).
Here’s...
Improv Everywhere
Are you all familar with Improv Everywhere? They describe themselves as a group that creates scenes of chaos and joy in public places. They’ve executed over 80 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City. Here’s their latest:
In looking through their archives, some of their “missions” are great and others are way off, but...
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