August 2009
7 posts
“The future of the church is the expansion of the church beyond the church.”
“We need to distinguish between theology & the truth of faith. The former is...”
– Peter Rollins (Twitter chat transcript)
I’m not very brave. I thought I was. I thought I could use this blog as a place for honest reflection, even though anyone can come and read it. But I was wrong. When I first started blogging there were very few people I knew who read my blog. But things have changed. I’ve been considering starting a new blog and diving into anonymity. If I did that, I would probably invite you to...
David Bazan - Bless This Mess
Here’s a new David Bazan single that’s been released at Stereogum.
Wow.
If you haven’t already, you should definitely check out this recent article about Bazan. It gives some context for the song. I’m definitely looking forward to hearing the new album.
Here are the lyrics to the song (as best I could decipher them):
God bless the man who stumbles God bless the man...
“Remember that the meaning of life is to build life as if it were a work of art....”
– Abraham Joshua Heschel
“The church should be the place in every town and village where new creativity...”
– N.T. Wright
David Bazan - Breaking Up with God
“People used to compare him to Jesus,” says a backstage manager as David Bazan walks offstage, guitar in hand. “But not so much anymore.” It’s Thursday, July 2, and Bazan has just finished his set at Cornerstone, the annual Christian music festival held on a farm near Bushnell, Illinois. He hasn’t betrayed his crowd the way Dylan did when he went electric—this is something very different. The...