Due to snow in the Twin Cities, several C21 participants got held over for another night here, allowing us to revel in the glories of the gathering for another day. But today holds a couple more airport runs, some packing, and beginning to decide what’s next for JoPa. At Jay Bakker’s request, I will be posting about the event, at length, in the next couple days. Until then, enjoy the images of Courtney Perry: Read more
I’m busy the next couple days, co-producing Christianity21 — a gathering that promises to be unique on the Christian event landscape. Here’s the Twitter feed for the event, a great way to listen in on what we’re doing: <a href=”http://twubs.com/c21″>#c21</a> Read more
We’re currently battling Christian euphemisms here on the blog. Here’s a passage from my book, The New Christians, about my experience with one Christian euphemism while in college: Back on campus, I chafed under some of the policies of Campus Crusade. First, a glass ceiling inhibited women from ever achieving the coveted position of campus director. When I asked about this, I got fuzzy arguments from scripture–it turns out that Crusade doesn’t necessarily bar women from top leadership positions, but... Read more
According to Wikipedia, A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, or in the case of Doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker. The deployment of euphemisms is a central aspect within the public application of political correctness. It also may be a substitution of a description of something or someone rather than the name, to avoid revealing secret, holy,... Read more
Scot asked a good question last week: How come people who are clearly not evangelical keep getting upset about what evangelicals do? He asks this in response to the semi-furor around Rob Bell’s (seemingly off-handed) remark to a newspaper reporter about why he abjures the “Evangelical” label. Like many others, Rob has felt disenfranchised from the term “evangelical” because of the political activity in that name, as well as the general cultural distrust of that word, detailed in the book,... Read more
I was having a conversation with a friend about the evangelical interest in Jim Belcher’s book, Deep Church. Jim’s written a good book, and I was happy to endorse it — albeit with the caveat that he and I disagree significantly on some theological issues like the nature of God and the nature of scripture. In the book, Jim takes aim at the “traditional” church and the “emerging” church. He offers a “third way” between the two, though any fair... Read more
I’ve taken a month hiatus from this blog, primarily for personal reasons. In fact, I haven’t even read a blog in a month (with a few exceptions, including Zach’s series on gays in the church). I’ve tried to breathe deeply and find love. It had been, for the most part, good for my soul. So, I will re-enter the blogosphere and, quite honestly, I don’t know what I’ll write about. I’m not brimming with strong opinions about anything at the... Read more
This week, I’ll be consumed by the 2009 Emergent Village Theological Conversation with Jurgen Moltmann, an event that my company, JoPa Productions, is producing. Here’s the Twitter feed of the event, so you can look on with us. <a href=”http://twubs.com/moltmann”>#moltmann</a> Read more
I’ve been influenced by the blog, Minimal Mac, to simplify my cluttered workspace, so I canceled cable TV and used the money I saved to buy a cheap-but-highly-rated Dell monitor. I’m trying to keep all paper off my desk and allow no clutter except the occasional coffee mug. Read more
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