June 2009
48 posts
“In order for the culturally creative movement Jesus sought to unleash to...”
– AndyCrouch
Late adopters, non-adopters, & early adopters
I’m reading an article in the latest Relevant Mag, “Just a Phone,” written by Chris Haw on the downside of technology and the iPhone in particular.
Chris draws heavily on the influences of Wendell Berry, who Haw sums up his position as “He wants to remain centered in his soul by asking the basic questions: what are the problems with the world (or myself) and what are the...
What Should We Expect from God?
In light of things I’ve been experiencing, conversations I’ve been having, music I’ve been jamming to, and stuff I’ve been reading, I’ve been wondering that question a lot lately… what should we expect from God?
Should we expect happiness? Gloom? Smiles? Suffering? A healthy family? Health at all? Socks and Shoes? Should we expect success? Riches? A roof?...
“Creativity, then, images God’s creativity when it emerges from a lively,...”
– AndyCrouch
How do you align yourself?
There’s a poor person in your city. There’s a broken person in your city. There’s an abused person in your city. There’s a lonely person in your city. There’s a depressed person in your city.
And then there’s you. Probably with more affluence than most of the world could ever know what to do with.
You may or may not call yourself a Disciple of Jesus. A...
“The growing consumerism speaks to us only of ourselves, our pleasures, our life....”
– EdwinGaustad & LeighSchmidt
Have your Assumptions about the world ever been...
That, my friend, is what the life & calling of Jesus should do.
It should “upend” your assumptions about the world. The story of Jesus should push you to see the world differently—because surely Jesus did. It should push you to interact in the world differently—which historical records let us know that Jesus did. It should push you to experience faith & hope in a...
“Science seemed to promise that human culture could not just make something of...”
– AndyCrouch
“The beginning is found in the art of becoming silent. Human beings differ from...”
– SørenKierkegaard
Maybe Frustration is the Status Quo
Jon Wasson is a cool dude. I just had a good lunch with him over Dallas’ finest Tex-Mex. We had good conversation about life, ministry, etc.
We talked about a lot of random topics, but what I’m really thinking on is how life is frustrating. And it seems there’s no way around it.
We constantly live in this tension of how we think life should be, or how we want life to be,...
“The mystery of God’s love as I understand it is that God loves the man who...”
– AnneLamott
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along...”
– IndiraGandhi
This is why you're fat. →
incredibly entertaining. dually sad.
What does Coffee say about the world?
Coffee says that the world needs its caffeine hot. Just slightly cooler than hot enough to leave burns in your mouth.
Or maybe it says you need your caffeine hot-but-then-over-ice.
It says that coffee beans should be consumed in liquid form.
It says that the world is incomplete without a drink that comes from a roasted coffee bean.
It says that things should come in instant and not-so-instant...
What gives you the most energy?
What energizes you?
Maybe it’s relationships. Do you get excited and passionate when you see relationships growing and you experience love, friendship, and sympathy?
Maybe it’s learning. Do you get fired up when reading something good or solving a problem?
Maybe it’s serving. Does helping others live better give you energy?
Perhaps it’s something different that gives...
Do you have the guts to have a better vision for...
One of the values of the FEAST spiritual rhythm is Transformation. It is probably the hardest to visualize and the perhaps the most valuable for providing an overall framework for the way we see the world. It reads:
We are ambassadors who bear God’s image in the world; yet, we need to remind ourselves that God is already at work. We want to be accountable to paying attention and jumping in...
“Though he was in the form of God,
He chose not to cling to equality
with God....”
– ApostlePaul
“I wonder, is your dream too small because your concern is too small? Is it time...”
– ErwinMcManus
“In the new humanity our world gets bigger, our perspective goes from...”
– RobBell
“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and...”
– LeoTolstoy
What does the very presence of four gospels giving...
In the intro to his book The Many Faces of Christology, Tyrone Inbody says, “Christology is about the importance of Jesus of Nazareth, his person and work as the Christ, for those who have the “eyes of faith” to see who he was and why he was important for the life of the church.”
One of the realizations we must make about the New Testament nature of Christology is that these four different...
“Christology is not about Jesus of Nazareth as a victim of first-century Roman...”
– TyroneInbody
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering...”
– ElieWiesel
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– RalphWaldoEmerson
Three Ideas for Creating a Zero-Impact City Block... →
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor...”
– FrederickDouglass
