With Sarah Palin being picked the VP last week things in the political news world have gone to another level of seriousness, but fortunately there are plenty of people also having a little fun with the whole thing as well: * The Fake Sarah Palin Twitter * Sarah Palin’s Video Blog
Continue reading →I came across an interview with Stephen Duncome, the author of “Dream:Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in the Age of Fantasy,” a book I really enjoyed and have been trying to utilize some of the ideas (you can see a first attempt in my essay called, “Desire and the Imgination of
Continue reading →Image via Wikipedia And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6 NRSV) Over the last month Emily and I have been working through a major life change question.
Continue reading →My August Barclay Press essay is now online. It’s a little late for August, but time has been pretty tight lately. The essay looks at Stephen Duncombe’s recent book on progressive politics, “Dream Re-Imagining” and applies some of the findings to a theological perspective on living out the
Continue reading →Theologians…. on Flickr – Photo Sharing!. Theologians By Wilco: Jeff Tweedy, Mikael Jorgensen, Girard “Theologians don’t know nothing About my soul About my soul I’m an ocean And this emotion Slow motion Slow motion” This is for the Wilco Summer Photo Contest, see music video here.
Continue reading →Anthony Smith also known as for his blog “Musings of a Postmodern Negro” has written a great and thought-provoking post on voting from the perspective of black history and theology. He says: Voting, as it is oftentimes seen by historically marginalized groups, is a precious gift. It is not seen,
Continue reading →Here’s a list of interesting things to entertain you for a few moments. * This fall is the tenth anniversary of Wes Anderson’s film “Rushmore.” To celebrate, the Fan site Rushmore Academy is putting together their first issue of Yankee Journal an online art and literary journal for anything
Continue reading →I came across this quote from Missionary and Quaker Everett Cattell today, here he questions the faithfulness of those communities that withdraw from “the world.” It is a strong statement, but one that resonates with my own position on the question of the church’s presence in the world and
Continue reading →Ben Myers posted a quote from Karl Barth on Fashion the other day, where Barth considers fashion one of the lordless powers of our times: Who or what really determines fashion the fashion to which man thinks he must obediently subject clothes, headgear, and hairstyle, the alternation of assurance and
Continue reading →Series contents | Intro | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five Cattell’s understanding of authority is derived from Christ, who is the head of the church. He argues that there is a tendency in the church to choose some one authority over another. Christ as head relativizes arguments over
Continue reading →The convictions of the First Friends were what ordered their theo-political imagination (as Cavanugh calls it). This ‘imagination’ guided their practice, their missionary-inspired anti-Constantinian message that Christ had retunred and is the head of the church. The head of the church is not the state, it’s not learned clergy,
Continue reading →Here’s this week’s Dress Down Friday, sure to keep you from doing something more productive. * Lifehacker has posted their top-ten list of how-to videos; everything you ever wanted to know how to do, I’m sure. Oh, and speaking of how-tos, here’s help on how to tell
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