The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
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 American Culture, Music, Video on May 30th, 2011
YouTube – Grover Henson Memorial Day Tribute from WJP. I created this video just using iDVD for a sermon this past weekend. Its a great song by Bill Cosby called Grover Henson Feels Forgotten. It came out in 1970, made it up to #70 on Billboard, and then disappeared. I was six when it came […]
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different on May 21st, 2011
Well, here is one of our Lutheran scholars talking about the rapture and her book on it on MSNBC. The thing is, even though this rapture drama is over, the teaching is still out there and it will happen again. Her book and interview help put it into a better perspective the next time around. […]
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 American Culture, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Weirdness, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on May 21st, 2011
NYT: Kids hope to attend party — if world doesn’t end – US news – The New York Times – msnbc.com. Well, on the last day of the world as we know it, all I can say is that its no wonder people often don’t take people with any real seriousness. Nothing brings out weirdness […]
Posted in American Culture on May 18th, 2011
Rachel Held Evans | How to follow Jesus…without being Shane Claiborne. Once again, my friend has hit the nail on the head this morning. Sometimes we make affluence and being American as in imputed sin and that our faithfulness and authenticity is in question. We are who we are where we are and God has […]
Posted in American Culture, Death and Dying, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Jesus the Christ, Love, Rob Bell and Love Wins, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Apr 25th, 2011
Well, Lent was certainly interesting and perhaps the most interesting part was the continued debate over Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins. While the press coverage is largely done, the debate among pastor people and religious blogs is continuing. During this season when we remembered Jesus suffering, death, and resurrection, one segment of the church focused […]
Posted in American Culture, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Weirdness, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Apr 20th, 2011
World Harvest Church – Ultimate Giveaway. Jesus Christ is risen today, Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Brand new cars to give away, Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Who did once upon the cross Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Suffered to win you an Xbox. Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! You have got to be kidding me. And people complain […]
Posted in American Culture, Leadership Resources, The Organized Church on Apr 12th, 2011
The Coming Death of National Denomoinations, Part One – George Bullard’s Posterous. While this is not “new” news, more people are pointing to it – denominations are going extinct and mostly doing it by their own choice. The economy has been a recent factor, but unlike natural selection, many denominations and congregations are choosing to […]
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 […]