To those who follow youth ministry blogs, what are some of the best ones you’ve come across? The ones I follow are in my sidebar, but I know there’s got to be some other really great stuff out there. I like blogs that make you think and aren’t satisfied with the status quo. Moderate to […]
Earning My Lutheran Credentials
A little personal news: So, I was one of our church’s two official delegates to our Synod Assembly last weekend, which means I got to vote on stuff for our synod. While I was there, my pastors nominated me to a position (under-30 lay male) that would allow me to be one of our synod’s […]
The Church as Cultural Text
I’m currently reading Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends by Kevin Vanhoozer. I was struck by his description of a cultural text, especially its implications for ecclesiology: cultural texts convey their propositions–their proposals about what it means to be human–not by offering explicit arguments but rather by displaying them in concrete […]
Jesus Made Me Puke
Such is the title of a new article on Rolling Stone’s website; the full title is “Jesus Made Me Puke: Matt Taibbi Undercover with the Christian Right.” In the article, Taibbi goes undercover and attends a three-day retreat with Cornerstone Church in San Diego Antonio, the church of John Hagee. I always find it interesting […]
How a Church Can Never Run Out of Money
I was thinking about church giving today for some reason, and it occurred to me that a church that spends its money on things that people believe in shouldn’t ever have a problem raising money. The implication is twofold: If people give more readily to certain kinds of projects than others (i.e. benevolence vs. buildings), […]
Now Reading: Everyday Theology by Kevin Vanhoozer (ed.)
As I said yesterday, I hoped to pick up a good book in the evening, and I did. I’ve been looking forward to reading Everyday Theology since it first came out. I’ve been a fan of Vanhoozer ever since I was introduced to him in Dr. Castleman’s class. I expect this to be a somewhat […]
Is Barack Obama the First Postmodern Presidential Candidate?
I was listening to the end of the presidential debate on the radio as I was driving home from church tonight and the thought in the title popped into my head. I didn’t think too deeply about it, but there were a few things he said that sounded a bit “postmodern.” It could explain a […]
A Breath of Fresh Air
I’ve been really distracted lately, trying to do some random things with my time that have been really draining on me personally. I don’t really want to get into specifics right now, but I was just too busy. My busyness gave me no time left over to do the things I’ve come to love doing […]
Updating
The productivity push went mildly well. But, as you can tell, it looks like my productivity push has relegated blogging to its proper priority in my life, which is pretty low right now. Maybe next week I can get back to writing. That is all.
Productivity Push
Blah. That’s pretty much where I’ve been lately. Just blah. Not sad, not happy, just blah. And I think part of it is that I want to do so many things with my work, life, house, classes writing, whatever, and I look at the calendar and another month has gone by and I haven’t taken […]
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