How flattering to be the first DDF guest blogger! I’m afraid I might not measure up to some of Wess’ posts, but I’ll give it ago. I’m no theologian, so don’t be expecting anything on deconstruction or ‘The Light’; I’m much more interested in pop
Continue reading →All of you regular readers know I’ve been doing a segment called Dress Down Friday. The basic point is to do a little show-n-tell from around the web on fridays. It’s been a way to have a little fun and ease into the weekend. It’s been a
Continue reading →Well the political world is in a frenzy these days, everyone’s making speculations, mud is being thrown in every direction and some of us are picking sides (The first and last link are somewhat unrelated to the larger topic, I just posted them for fun). And I keep wondering
Continue reading →In Slavoj Zizek’s book on September 11, “Welcome to the Desert of The Real,” he discusses the idea behind Homo sacer, in order to describe the kind of racism we often find within our society today. The Homo sacer: is an obscure figure of Roman law: a person who
Continue reading →1. AJ asks what do you call your church? It’s a good question. 2. The iPhone popularity is spreading. 3. If you haven’t seen the Moleskine Project website, you really should check it out. There is some great Moleskine artwork there. 4. Finally, Ultimate Reality is here. 5.
Continue reading →About four years ago I came across a video of some people riding fixed-gear bicycles, and I was instantly intrigued by the simplicity and aesthetics of these single-speed bikes. Since that time I’ve become more interested in biking both as a culture and as a mode of transportation. I’
Continue reading →This week I have three new Quaker books I wanted to share with all of you. “Holiness: The Soul of Quakerism” is her dissertation boiled down into book form and promises to be one of the most original historical and theological accounts of Quakerism to date. In this book Spencer
Continue reading →I’ve had a lot of vested interest in the emerging church for a number of years now, partly because of my own previous experience in communities that reflected many of the qualities present in Bolger and Gibb’s “Emerging Churches,” and partly because upon reading that book I was
Continue reading →Chillin to In Rainbows from wess on Vimeo. This is our first music video, Cindy Lou Who (her decided pseudonym) loves listening to Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” probably cause it’s about the only album we listened to for the past three months.
Continue reading →This is another installment of Dress Down Friday, thank you all who sent me links this week, and as always you are free to send me suggestions through the contact page. The picture above is from a hamburg stand back in Ohio, that guy with the sweet crew-cut is me.
Continue reading →Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five For this last post in my church in mission series I want to explain the five practices that John Howard Yoder offers the church as a means of faithfulness and witness in mission. But first, by way of review,
Continue reading →* I missed the live Radiohead webcast on New Year’s eve, but fortunately enough it’s still online at Current.com and is a joy to listen to. * I stumbled on this cool Mac program called Leap. It’s a finder replacement and pretty high-powered. It was fun to check
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