In all of the hub-bub surrounding the Mayan apocalypse that came and went without incident, it was tough to resist the funny one-liner on Facebook and Twitter. We have become so calloused against the doomsday predictions that have fueled the religious airwaves, TV broadcasts and book sales of the last 30 years. I get that. … Continue reading »
In the next 24 hours I will be putting up 4 blogs – taken together, you will be able to tell what I have been thinking about the past month. I would love your feedback on any of them. Last month David Fitch tweeted this: “The biggest task of today’s church is to undermine in … Continue reading »
Last week I went down to Tripp’s office to work on some stuff for the podcast. I walked in while he was talking to Jordan and Christian from the Homebrewed Culture Cast. They were recording a segment about zombies and the Walking Dead series. The conversation was great – you will really enjoy that episode … Continue reading »
I have always been suspicious that what I am about to say was true. If you follow out the way that folks talk about an interventionist God who meddles, tinkers, intervenes and interacts with ‘His’ (always his) creation … then it has to follow that some within that stream will think that God actually runs … Continue reading »
Originally posted as “A funny thing happened on the way to Pentecost“ This past weekend was Pentecost in the liturgical calendar. As one who emerged from a charismatic evangelical background and is now employed at a mainline church, this is my favorite Sunday of the whole year! Here are just 3 funny things about Pentecost … Continue reading »
