Archive for December, 2008
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
what does emergent village have to do with cain ridge?
I’m preparing to leave for Germany on Monday for a gathering of missionaries working in Europe. I’ve been asked to do a seminar on the emergent church and I wanted to give you my basic outline and articles that I’ll be using. If you have any others that could help, let me know.A New Kind [...]
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
recommended advent reading
I just read a very stimulating article by J. Louis Martyn entitled The Apocalyptic Gospel in Galatians. This article is dated a bit, but what it brings to our understanding of “What is the Gospel?” is groundbreaking. As we await the coming of Christ this advent season, I encourage you to take the time to [...]
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
the none zone
In the most recent issue of The Christian Century, I came across a good article that would be of interest to those working among the unchurched and disaffiliated. The article discusses how the notion of what it means to be religious is being redefined in the Pacific Northwest. You can read the article here.
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
bon iver – best album of 2008
I said it when I first stumbled across the album for the first time, and I’ll say it again: Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago gets “the best album of 2008 award” from me.
Make sure and pre-order their new EP Blood Bank. If you need a little taste of what the EP will [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
sloth and marriage?
Why didn’t Sinatra sing about sloth and marriage being like a horse and carriage?
In a recent interview, Kathleen Norris speaks about her new book Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life which I’ve mentioned in an earlier post:
TOJ: In your book you celebrate marriage but
without the usual evangelical emphasis on the need [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
at the exact center of stupor
I’ve been away for a few days and here’s a taste of what’s been rolling around recently:
Bon Iver has a new EP coming out on January 29, 2009 called Blood Bank. I think it would be a fantastic belated stocking stuffer!
Backstage Sessions: Bon Iver – Flume from Hard to Find a Friend on Vimeo.
Roger Olsen’s [...]
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
William C. Placher (1948-2008)
I just heard the sad news that one of my favorite postliberal theologians passed away this weekend. Ben has some of the significant links about William Placher.
Two of his books in particular have really influenced my thinking: Unapologetic Theology and Struggling with Scripture. Here’s a good article by Placher entitled, Is the Bible True?
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Confessions of the Flightless Bird
Last week, Ben Myers at Faith and Theology posted a very interesting piece on St. Augustine and Iron and Wine. I wanted to bring it to your attention because Ben is brilliant and doing some very good work. After reading Ben’s piece, I began to realize that Sam Beam strangely resembles St. Augustine. Maybe it’s [...]