A good question can stimulate the brain to put together things that one had not previously connected. Stuart Harrell asked my a question about what a course on emergent “preaching” would look like. Here are some of my thought – I would love to hear yours. My cleaned up tweets are posted as bullet-points with … Continue reading »
It has been amazing to watch both the amount of reporting and the kind of reporting that Pope Francis’ style has drawn. You can find stories about him in major magazines, on every news website … even the Daily Show gave some hilarious attention to the hype. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: … Continue reading »
Easter turns everything upside down. The temple veil is torn in two. The sealed stone is rolled away. The dead are made alive. In darkness we have seen the light. The powers are defeated. I have friends who are transitioning back to paycheck & mortgage N. America after 15 years of international missions. For some … Continue reading »
Well that was a grueling Lent! Between the work at the church, research design at UCLA and my blog focus on Neighbors and Wisemen … that was an interesting two months. I also had the odd occasion to do some cleaning up behind the scenes on this blog. It turns out that I have a … Continue reading »
My blogging energies have all been going to Neighbors and Wisemen over at HBC. A bunch of us are using it for a Lenten emphasis. I thought it would be good to post a list of them here so that if anyone wants to look into any of it, it is clearly cataloged. You can … Continue reading »
I think a lot about issues of race, gender and class. I read about it and talk it over with people every week. I am working my way through an expensive program in order to write my dissertation about it. I care about matters of diversity and justice a great deal. Ever since talking to … Continue reading »
I had the honor of guest blogging for Scot McKnight a couple of weeks ago. It was a good opportunity to try something out with a different crowd. It was instigated by last weeks post in response to Roger Olsen and Scot McKnight. It was a fantastic conversation and I learned several things that I will … Continue reading »
A couple of weeks ago, Rick Warren provided some of us with a lot of fun on Twitter. He had sent out a message: “New churches: Buy land as soon as you can but delay building for as long as you can. Cant explain all the reasons here.” This set off one of the funniest … Continue reading »
My friend Krista Dalton tweeted last week: Was told Lent was “stupid” by a fellow Christian at school. Good reminder why I am not evangelical! I had to fes’ up to her that I used to say crap like that and I repented. So what is it about Lent that evangelicals hate so much? I … Continue reading »
This is part 3 of a series of critical questions. You can find part 1 and part 2 here. “Is the internet for women and gays?” may seem like at odd question at first – but there is a story behind it. I am coming at the question as a researcher. I am doing research … Continue reading »
