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Crazy times
I gave in and joined a couple discussion on Facebook over the weekend about faith and politics.
Several folks whom I consider good friends (and still do) made comments that basically said if you vote for any candidate that supports abortion, you need to really question your salvation and faith.
That really bothers me. But I [...]
Friends through adversity
I’m in the midst of reading “If God Disappears” by David Sanford. It’s an interesting read thus far. It hasn’t made it to the top of any of my reading lists yet, but several points he’s made have stood out so far.
As we talk about relationships and our relationship toolboxes, I thought these thoughts lined [...]
re: Tribal faith
Listening to Rob Bell share some great thoughts and ideas on Tribes (taken from Phil 3).
A great thought ::
“Sometimes when some people say ‘the gospel’ they’re really talking about tribal identity masquerading as the gospel… and Jesus is bigger than any tribe.”
“Beware of dem dawgs!”
Don’t let the tribe come between you and The Gospel [...]
You might be a faith blogger if…
Catching up on some RSS feeds and had to share this from Tall Skinny Kiwi ::
You might be a faith blogger if…
if you sit in the back row of the church because thats where the wifi signal is the strongest
if your sermons allow both comments and trackbacks
if you tithe through a widget
if you think committing [...]
re-posts re: church
Was reading The New Christians today at lunch and came across a familiar name :: Jonny Baker.
Thomas introduced me to Jonny a while back and while searching my site for a few things I came across these quotes I shared back in 2006 from Jonny.
This was an ad for a church on Jonny’s site:
You love [...]
Community fertilizer
Checking in on one of the groups I’m a part of on Roov.com.
The question was asked :: What WORKS in cultivating community? What’s the fertilizer that causes rapid and healthy growth here?
Thought this was a great response of practical (and actual) things another member was doing ::
-sparking up more conversations with what look like [...]
The Faith of Barack Obama
I finished reading Stephen Mansfield’s (author of The Faith of George W. Bush) latest book, The Faith of Obama last week. In my opinion, it’s a great, well-balanced look at the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama.
While Mansfield has said himself that he’s not a fan of Obama’s politics, he argues that there’s much more [...]
Quote for the day
“Religiously, the majority of America’s young are postmodern, which means they do faith like jazz: informal, eclectic, and often without theme. They have largely rejected organized religion in favor of a religious pastiche that works for them. They think nothing of hammering together a personal faith from widely differing religious traditions, and many acquire their [...]
the rule of life…
It is the Christians, O Emperor, who have sought and found the truth, for they acknowledge God. They do not keep for themselves the goods entrusted to them. They do not covet what belongs to others. They show love to their neighbors. They do not do to another what they would not wish to have [...]
Did John Mayer right the Message or was it the other way around?
Prodigal John has a fun post over on his blog, Stuff Christians Like about Christians smuggling John Mayer into our camp. I think the original title of the post compared Mayer to Christian artist Chris Tomlin.
I think in some ways, John Mayer has snuck inside the Christian circle like a ninja. Or maybe we [...]
