So, it seems like everyone in the blogosphere (or at least the corner that I read…) is discussing the role of Christians in the political process. I’ll share the three links that came across my Google Reader just today. The first two are crucial, and the third would be good were it not for its [...]
Archive for the ‘Christians’ Category
2 Jul
Christian Politics, round 4: Power & Weakness
I’ve been told that there are two subjects you never bring up at a dinner party: politics and religion. This series of posts combines those taboo topics, potentially creating the perfect conversational hurricane. But I’m happy to report that most of you have conducted yourselves in a civil manner, bringing up tough, thoughtful questions and [...]
7 Jan
“Spare change for a hedge fund…
…to put [resigned Harvard president] Larry Summers back to work.” That is an actual quote I heard tonight out of the mouth of a panhandler in Harvard Square. Only in Boston…
That plea comes in a close second to the sign I saw a few months ago in downtown Boston: “Just out of jail. [...]
5 Nov
sunday, lazy sunday…
OK, so I’m convinced that my friend Miller is a genius. He just might be the most profound theologian I’ve ever known. Don’t let his wardrobe and Texas drawl fool ya … this guy is a thinker. I want you all to go read today’s post. He touches on many of the [...]
30 May
living in God’s story
This week I am in a challenging and Christ-centered class called “Living in God’s Story: Spiritual Formation in Missions.” We have talked about the spiritual disciplines, about church, about the nature of the Trinity, about our “missional God,” and many, many other things. Dr. Earl Lavender, director of missions at Lipscomb, is teaching [...]
16 May
world-creation
I don’t want to be a church planter as much as I want to be a world-creator/enactor.
Let me explain.
Walter Brueggemann has popularized the image of the preacher as a poet who causes people to imagine new worlds and calls them to inhabit them:
The event of preaching is an event in transformed imagination. Poets, in [...]
9 May
ever feel like Christianity has been co-opted by the “religious right”?
…then read this great essay by Time Magazine columnist Andrew Sullivan.
Sometimes I wonder if the word “Christian” is even useful in our nation anymore. If people outside of Christianity consistently think of the wrong thing when a believer identifies himself as such, does the identifying term maintain any use? If the majority of [...]
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