The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Blogs, Leadership Resources, Postmodern Perspectives, Wandering on Oct 23rd, 2012
Scott Neal’s Blog: Welcome to FPC! Smoking or Non-Smoking?. Reggie McNeal is one of the most creative thinkers and reporters of creative mission in the church today. One idea that we are looking at is here recounted in Scott’s Blog – Cigar Bar Church. I put it out there as an idea and have several […]
Posted in Blogs, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Non-Denominational, Postmodern Perspectives, Web Pages To Check Out, Weirdness on Jul 8th, 2012
Rachel Held Evans | Christian bookstores and their chokehold on the industry. Once again, Rachel Held Evans hits the nail on the head, re-enforcing for me why I find Christian book stores to be as creepy as mimes, puppet shows, and Barney. Check out the entire post but here is the quote that resonates for […]
Posted in American Culture, Bible, Blogs, Love, Web Pages To Check Out on May 12th, 2012
it’s all one thing: Stephen Fry on being offended, plus Penn & Teller. Great blog post with a couple of video clips on one of the great banes and logical fallacies of American culture – the statement “I am offended by that.” This Stephen Fry quote and poster has gone viral and I think that […]
Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Shout Out, Social Networking on Jul 12th, 2011
Rachel Held Evans | Mark Driscoll is a bully. Stand up to him.. Rachael Held Evans is one of those few bloggers who I check in with weekly. Her writing and insights, in my mind, stand out in a heavily populated blogosphere. This post regarding Mark Driscoll is right on target and well worth sharing. […]
Posted in Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Pastor Stuff, The Organized Church on Jun 7th, 2011
You Might Be An Evangelical Reject If… | the Pangea Blog. Its amazing how groups always try and sort out the “apostate” from the “true believers” and its so true in the church. Evangelicals, and I use that term broadly, have a long history of casting out the unfaithful, often with brutal condemnations. Here at […]
Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes on May 21st, 2011
Rachel Held Evans | The Great Disappointment. Once again Rachael does a great job in looking at both the history of the rapture craziness but also a more serious perspective on us who are the vast majority of Christians. I love this line: Like it or not, Harold Camping and his followers make us laugh […]
Posted in Blogs, Death and Dying on May 9th, 2011
Blogger announces own death after battle with cancer – CNN.com. Very weird to see this doing a mind break this afternoon. “Here it is. I’m dead,” read the last internet post of Derek K. Miller, who died last week after more than four years of blogging about his struggle with colorectal cancer. As a blogger […]
Posted in Blogs, Leadership Resources on May 9th, 2011
7 Leadership Lessons From Phil Jackson’s Coaching Career | Big Is The New Small. Scot Williams is one of the best church leadership bloggers out there and in light of the Lakers meltdown, this is a good post. Phil Jackson’s coaching success is not an accident and there are lessons for church leaders to be […]
Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Rob Bell and Nooma, The Organized Church, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Mar 23rd, 2011
Rob Bell and C.S. Lewis (by Jeff Cook) | Jesus Creed. One of the best reflections on this matter by an evangelical and I believe he is spot on when he concludes with this: The debate over Love Wins is not actually a fight only about doctrine. It is about angst caused by different cultures […]
Posted in Blogs, Cool Congregations on Mar 17th, 2011
I am The Woman at The Well: Is Jesus Anti-Gay?. I was looking for some clip art on google for the biblical story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well and I found this blog called I Am The Woman at the Well by pastor Pamela Donnan. She is a pastor back in […]