(From OBAMA – Obey Giant) I’ve been debating whether to announce my choice for the presidential race, partly because I know we don’t all agree on who’s the best person for the job (and some more strongly than others), and partly because I hadn’t found an opportune
Continue reading →I can’t believe this is my sixth quarter of studies! I am almost exactly halfway done with my course work. I am just about finished with my 3rd tutorial (on theology of church and culture) and completed my 4,000 pages of reading for the class about 1.5
Continue reading →http://webdev.yuan.cc/flickr/flickrnotes.php?photoid=2217288918 Paul wrote a fun post about the things he carries in his bag for school, and since I have for quite some time carried a “bag of tricks” I thought I’d post what some of those tricks are now. First,
Continue reading →Our good friend Amy, and Cindy Lou Who’s ((the psydonym for our daughter)) hipster life coach, from over at “i attack with love” created a one of a kind gift for our daughter the other day. You can read about the Hipster Baby care package here. In the Hipster
Continue reading →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
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