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A New Kind of Christianity
Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith, drops tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 9).
I received a free advance copy from the publisher late last week and have been devouring it every chance I get (which with two toddlers at home hasn’t been that often).
In it, McLaren offers the [...]
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How I found heaven at What-a-Burger (hint – it’s in me)
As part of our weekly What-a-Study men’s group on Wednesday mornings, we’ve been chewing on Ephesians for the last several weeks.
We’ve been taking it chunk by chunk, roughly 10-15 verses at a time and chewing on the passages with the symbol study that Aaron suggested a while back.
So this past week we were focused [...]
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Wrestling, Faith & Science
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about the squared-circle.
But Tripp posted a great find over at Homebrewed Christianity in which “Wofford college professors Byron R. McCane and Dan Mathewson reveal how the equally toothless performances of New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and creationists like Ken Ham share more with the garish world [...]
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5 reasons I love being in a small group
Abraham Piper (who has a great blog that you should be reading) shared 5 reasons he doesn’t like being in a small group this week.
I don’t disagree with his reasons, but thought I’d share the flip side – 5 reasons I love being in a small group.
I love watching people grow in their [...]
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Songs of Advent
I love that songs tell us so much about our faith, our story, our journey. They also tell us a lot about our communities. The songs communities sing are very telling about how the community sees one another, life, God, faith, community, etc.
While I believe Advent should be such a major part of our [...]
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#justicefriday – Who said it?
Who said this?
“You must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.”
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5 Myths of Community
Found a great podcast featuring Mark Scandrette during my break. In it, he addresses 5 Myths of Community.
“If we want real community like the early church… we must be willing to embrace hurt and suffering… because love is costly.”
Sounds very counter-intuitive to the American dream and empire.
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Monday morning challenge
A Monday morn challenge to my peeps.
Write a haiku describing your faith/or lack thereof.
A Haiku is a simple form of poetry, with only 17 syllables in three lines. The lines are made up of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.
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Social media’s impact and the Church
Saw this video over on Jonathan Brink’s site…
Social media continues to have a HUGE impact on the world around us — but I’m not sure it’s having the same impact on the Church. It seems that most people are still reluctant to share their online lives with their church body. There may be some folks [...]
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Cymbrogi
A good friend turned me on to this word yesterday during our short phone call – cymbrogi.
A Celtic term used (pronounced koom-bro-gee) that’s been translated along the lines of “fellow countrymen,” “band of warriors,” and “companions of the heart.”
I love the term and the idea that we as a Church, and smaller communities of faith, [...]
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