Last night Kristin and I went to The Hope Center banquet to support Chris and Tammy Jehle. Chris has been quite an inspiration to me. I’m not sure I know of another human being that I admire more than I admire him. One of the books I’ve read which has put the pedal to the metal in terms of my desire to stop perpetuating systems of injustice is Divided by faith. Here is my quick review of the material in... Read more

I can’t explain what it is about Wilco. You just have to experience it. The first artist I ever really loved was Rich Mullins. He was not just a musician or a songwriter, but he was a prophet, in a sense. After Rich died in 1997, there have been a few others come along who seem to have a similar effect. Bill Malonee (VOL) was first, then Sean Kelly of the Samples. I found some resonance with Bob Dylan and... Read more

Here are some notes on the final lecture from Robert Jenson. Jenson focused on two topics today – the Holy Spirit in particular, then the New Testament. The Holy Spirit:He began by agreeing with Bultmann that God is the “uncontrollability of the future,” and that “the Spirit is God’s freedom.” It frees the Father and the Son to live for each other and to love each other. [an aside: Jenson talked about the idea that two individual things can never... Read more

Here’s the scoop on Wednesday’s lecture. He started, as he always seems to do, with a historical perspective on scripture. His goal was to establish the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Old Testament Prophets in two steps. STEP ONE:First he considers the role of Christ in Old Testament Prophecy. He reminded us that the Romans deprived the Jews of the Temple in AD 70 and of Jerusalem a few years later. After that time the Jews had access... Read more

Yesterday I had the chance, along with a bunch of other folks, to sit and listen to one of the greatest living American Theologians of the past ½ century. Robert Jenson is at NTS this week and he’s really amazing. He gave a lecture in Chapel, I’ll post some highlights at the end here. After the lecture a few of us took part in a roundtable discussion. I literally didn’t say a word. I was sitting there thinking, “If you... Read more

Go pray the hours w/Phyllis Tickle: http://explorefaith.org/prayer/fixed/hours.php Read more

Quick Review of a Classic Book Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination[1] delivers a clear call for the role of the prophet in the ongoing life of the church. Brueggemann begins by demonstrating how God had done something completely new during the Exodus through the prophet Moses. Obviously Moses had certainly intended the end of captivity and the freedom of his people. In that sense he was working against the empire ruled by Pharaoh. But Brueggemann asserts the Moses also intended... Read more

new book out by tim keel Just a quick not about a new book called Intuitive Leadership by a friend of mine named Tim Keel. Tim’s a pastor here in town & has had a lot of influence on me. Get your copy now! I hope to do a review here soon. Read more

Nick’s First Band: Eli Hall on drums Mix.3 // Cafe’ GrooveWhen I made this mix we’d been listening to the first two cd’s for quite awhile. Nick was starting to try and sing along and S. Soul had put out another record and he was starting to sing along with that as well (off pitch by the way – totally bugging his dad). So then I made a disk that would be pretty strong on melody. This is my alt-country... Read more

Here are the songs from mix #2: 1. I Want You Back – Jackson Five2. I Wish – Stevie Wonder3. Respect – Aretha Franklin4. Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & his Comets5. Stop! In the Name of Love7. Staying Alive – The BeeGees8. Freeway of Love – Aretha Franklin9. Shake your Booty – KC & the Sunshine Band10. Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake11. Me & Julio – Simon & Garfunkel12. Jive Talkin’ – BeeGees13. Surfin USA – The... Read more