When I watch this video I feel like I’m back on the road with Satellite Soul, playing at Christian colleges and churches. Trip and Tyler are the best. [garagetv Stuff Christians Say from worshiphousemedia on GodTube. nolink] Stuff Christians Say from worshiphousemedia on GodTube. Read more
My wife sent me this clip; I’ve watched it twice and can’t stop laughing. Give yourself a 5 minute post-Thanksgiving vacation present, watch & enjoy. The opening scene is brilliant. “If you could just hashtag that you heard it through me that would be great.” The two girls who try to out-hip each other… “I find plates to be extremely oppressive… yeah just don’t need some inanimate disk telling me the alpha and omega of my earth bounty.” Read more
Advent season is arriving, which means that many of us who do not follow the lectionary in ordinary time begin to sync back up with it. Each week I’m going to try to put together a few thoughts to help provoke those pastors, students, and theological nerds (meant to be a term of endearment), as they consider the text for this week. The first text comes from Luke 21-25-36 Video/Art: I love the idea of showing the above video, then... Read more
A memoir is almost always an easy read. I’m typically engrossed from the first word. Here’s my top 5 list. What are your top 5? Cash by Johnny Cash Night by Elie Weisel Hannah’s Child by Stanley Hauerwas Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner Confessions by St. Augustine Honorable mention would be Travelling Mercies by Anne Lamott and the book of Nehemiah. Best fictional memoir is Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow – hands down. The next two memoirs on my list will most... Read more
I’ve been on the senior team/staff of 3 church plants over the past 15 years, and it has been one of the most challenging things I can imagine. That all three churches have survived and thrived to this day is one of the stories I cherish most about my life. One important element they all had in common was a common “mother-ship,” Heartland Community Church in Olathe, KS. I have many good friends at Heartland, and feel as though I... Read more
There’s an interesting article in The New York Times today about Cardinal Dolan’s support for the canonization and eventual sainthood of Dorothy Day, the American born mother of the Catholic Worker movement. Dorothy Day was a great writer and activist who continues to inspire many of us who seek to care for the vulnerable in Jesus’s name. Dolan, in some ways, exemplifies the rightward shift in the politics of the Catholic Bishops. At first blush it seems odd that Dolan... Read more
I read an interesting article today from the Harvard Business Review about the rash of high profile leaders resigning because of extra-marital affairs. As an evangelical Christian, my antenna is pretty high for narcissistic leadership – it has long been our stock in trade. The comparison is made easier when evangelicals like Pat Robertson make excuses for Petraeus’ behavior, citing the woman’s good looks, in-shape body, and the fact that “he’s a man.” (Watch the video of Robertson at the... Read more
I confess that I have been taking a short and much needed break from blogging the past three days. I confess that yesterday I didn’t even turn on my computer. The hiatus was probably a good thing, but I have missed the interaction and creative outlet. I confess that I watched Skyfall over the break. As far as Bond movies go, it was one of the better ones I’ve seen. I confess that I think Sean Connery was the best... Read more
Marty Troyer gives some great insight as to why family thanksgivings can be so difficult for some, and how to handle it. Here’s an excerpt from his article in the Houston Chronicle: “…you’re getting ready for hours of extroverted time with people who believe differently, vote differently, function differently, parent differently, eat differently, relax differently, entertain differently, pray differently, and expect differently than you do. Let’s face it, we like our routines, and Thanksgiving is nothing if not unusual. It’s... Read more
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