freshest thought, hot off the presses, just crossed my mind, while waiting for my laptop to boot up.. noticed this common theme among many Christians (when I say “many”, I don’t have a empirical quantitative measurement on it, whether it’s 30-50% significant [ . . . ]
something about faith
came across some (old) poignant reflections about faith from outsiders looking in to the faith community.. I appreciate their honesty.. 1 Peter 3:15 says that normal people will (1) ask about the hope we Christians have (2) then, we are invited to [ . . . ]
www.iraqprayer.com
Dave Lee is abroad in Iraq on a vision trip, October 20th to November 6th. He’s posting real-time updates from Iraq at www.iraqprayer.com . He’d covet your intercessions! And please pass the word along to others.
Churches + Cultures Interconnectivity
Here’s my recurring meta-theme, the intrigue of the interconnectivity and interplay of churches and cultures, and that’s one reason why Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives is a watershed and critical book to me.. I like it that a mainstream conversation is [ . . . ]
blog worship #1
in this moment of communion, and reflecting on the spoken word (Brian shared themes from the HBO movie Wit, incredibly powerful). And how death gives us a fresh perspective on life.. I like how he weaved the metaphor of baptism and communion [ . . . ]
Christ & Culture : Reloaded
when I thought it couldn’t get any better this week, a pre-ordered book wrapped in corrugated brown with a swooshed smilie on it approached me after dinner: Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives.. now this is THE watershed book of our times!! [ . . . ]
getting high
this is a good week for me, a number of things humming along, getting to hang out with what they call high capacity people.. which is just a fancy word for energetic & active achievers, or passionate and intentional.. whatever it’s called, [ . . . ]
who really cares about diversity
The Atlantic decided to show some honesty amidst mass media + political correctness’ lip service to diversity, but lack of real life daily diversity: Maybe it’s time to admit the obvious. We don’t really care about diversity all that much in America, [ . . . ]
poncho, porch, & more
okay, so I couldn’t find a 3rd P.. i’m not into that alliteration jive.. I got the green light this morning, to give a prop and shout out.. this warm & enthusiastic blog link to my friend, and yours, Jen Lemen [now [ . . . ]