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 »
Originally published as ‘The Silent White Guy and Invisible Black Women’. I am glad that people liked the idea of Critical Theory (from part 1) and the structure of the questions that I put forward. I did notice 2 places where the conversation trickled to an drip. One is the issue of what white guys … Continue reading »
Originally published as ‘Beyoncé and the Bigger Question’. Over the last 2 weeks I have watched the blowback over the Beyoncé SuperBowl Half-Time Show with great interest. I have read several interesting articles – both in support and in criticism – of the spectacle. This is a part of what is becoming a theme for … Continue reading »
Not feeling so well, I watched the Superbowl alone. When the commercial came on that featured Paul Harvey reading his ‘so God made a farmer’ piece, I thought “nice tribute” – and nothing more. I woke up the next morning to find a buzz surrounding the spot – both good and bad. Some are claiming … Continue reading »
I had the honor to be on Doug Pagitt Radio yesterday morning. It was a great conversation with Doug and Victoria that centered about what is happening in religion. You can read the initial blog about religion and postmodern thought here. Doug has the video on his website and on Itunes. Here the video of … Continue reading »
Barna Research put out a fascinating list of America’s Top 100 most ‘Bible-Minded Cities’. Its not the top 10 Bible cities but the bottom 10 that are so telling! The bottom 10 are: Boston, Mass Manchester, NH Hartford/ New Haven, CT Portland/Auburn, ME Burlington,VT Plattsburgh, NY Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY Providence, RI New Bedford, MA It really … Continue reading »
This weekend I will finish reading two books that we were given through the podcast (thank you publishers). The first is Peter Rollins new on The Idolatry of God and the second is Phil Snider’s Preaching After God. I have recently edited podcasts with both of these authors. [We put out the Phil Snider TNT … Continue reading »
