tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65179788225034238202011-11-28T15:46:52.079-08:00musings on life and God in this postmodern agelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-67745072018849149372011-08-29T17:17:00.000-07:002011-08-31T15:04:59.672-07:00

with the recent flurry of conversation in the emerging church i thought it was time i learned a bit more about the various movements coming out of the liberal stream since they are overlapping the emerging stream. mostly what i remember from my liberal childhood church was that it was a snoozefest. sorry, but it's true. anyway, since i was so not paying attention in sunday school, and likely you

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-19138718700854613502011-08-29T15:41:00.000-07:002011-08-29T20:18:25.572-07:00

andrew sent me a link to this recent article postmodernism is dead and asked me what i thought. while i hardly feel qualified to comment one thing did jump out at me. the author says postmodernism will be succeeded by an age of authenticism: If we tune in carefully, we can detect this growing desire for authenticity all around us. ... A culture of care is advertised and celebrated and cherished.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-65561381862973938902011-08-18T18:13:00.000-07:002011-08-29T22:30:13.646-07:00

it's been eons since there has been a post on this blog but there is some good discussion going on over at roger olson's blog about the emerging church. the first in the series is: the emergent church movement challenged by a participant (brandon morgan). excellent critique. here's a nugget from brandon: Why do post-liberals (e.g. The Ekklesia Project) look so different from liberals yet nothing

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-21306438958858631142010-12-19T22:56:00.000-08:002010-12-19T23:46:48.167-08:00

funny stuff from xtranormal. i wasn't aware until very recently there is such a thing as postliberal. not too sure what it is but this should clear up how it differs from emerging. ;)ht: adrienne a.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-22010532618238390002010-12-01T06:22:00.001-08:002010-12-01T13:48:08.770-08:00

I've pretty much had it with Christians, at least on the basis of Christianity. The discussions are just too frustrating and seemingly pointless, particularly regarding art and emotion. A recent discussion pretty much just put the final nail in the coffin and this is probably my final strike with the hammer and I'm pretty well done.I don't understand the need to relegate emotion into some

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-56567848566611464962010-10-29T21:14:00.000-07:002010-10-30T00:30:40.330-07:00

i've just heard of josh garrels. he has an interesting sound that is a bit folk, a bit neo soul and a bit electronica. he ain't your typical christian musician but then he's an indie artist. i especially like the new stuff playing on his website, josh garrels, and the rambling thoughts on his blog. here's an excerpt from his blogpost for the love on work and art:Once again, I'm reminded that

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-2076247847494312832010-06-01T07:54:00.000-07:002010-06-01T13:01:53.236-07:00

Linda's post Hearing Voices in Church is part of synchroblog co-ordinated by Julie Clawson, what is emerging?.Linda says "what i am delighted to discover emerging in the church are the voices of women and people of color where their voices have historically been silenced". Julie acknowledges that the "church is far bigger than some of us might have once believed". As an African I've seen how

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-2335893494907731062010-04-19T14:01:00.000-07:002010-06-03T00:23:58.955-07:00

(this post is part of the synchroblog: what is emerging in the church? to read other posts in the series please go here.)something strange happened at my church gathering yesterday. i went for the first time to the sunday gathering of my re-emerging church here in los angeles. this new church which started a few years ago had gone underground and disappeared for about 2 years. they are back now.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-68599510087936599202010-04-02T00:01:00.000-07:002010-04-03T14:09:06.192-07:00

How It WasThe earth trembled; its foundationsshook like silt; the sun, chagrined,fled the scene, and every mundaneelement scattered in retreat. The daybecame the night: for light could not endurethe image of the Master hanging on a tree.All creation was astonished, perplexedand stammering, What new mystery is this?The Judge is judged, and yet He holds his peace;the Invisible One is utterly

Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-64019966633494406692010-03-30T13:49:00.000-07:002010-03-30T17:20:53.729-07:00

george barna has a new report out looking at how different generations view and engage with charismatic and pentecostal christianity. while i knew that charismatics and pentecostals made up an influential and large segment of the church in the 2/3rds world i didn't realize their size in the US. according to barna, in the US, "the number of pentecostal/charismatics is triple the number of

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-31681956026585901002010-03-29T17:43:00.000-07:002010-03-29T17:45:39.622-07:00

ht: sal

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-72620947251686617572010-03-05T02:09:00.001-08:002010-03-05T02:21:54.548-08:00

hint: God has left the buildinght: blind beggar

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-3423128013181029732010-02-06T16:12:00.000-08:002010-09-01T12:22:15.812-07:00

there's some great conversation happening in the comments on tony jones' blog where he threw out the question what do emergence and pentecostalism have to learn from one another?. in the 2/3rds world the emerging conversation is filled with charismatics and pentecostals, so it is refreshing to see this subject being addressed in the west. also, something i discovered awhile ago by an ec blogger

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-63304971486630170152010-01-26T11:27:00.000-08:002010-01-26T13:29:42.498-08:00

So the American for the Arts is touting the recent study on the health of the arts in the U.S. called the National Arts Index. I've been comparing art and faith a lot lately, not just here on the blog, but in my life generally. As I read the quick over view at the link I wondered about how difficult it would be to replace the principles of the study to reflect the IC (arts industries and

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-51177546097138841082010-01-17T14:54:00.000-08:002010-09-01T12:23:08.894-07:00

if you've heard the comments by pat robertson about haiti making a pact with the devil and that is why the country is now so poor, you might want to read this 3-part article series by a haitian christian pastor and scholar:God, Satan and the birth of Haiti by Jean R. Gelin, Ph.D: part one, part two, part three it looks as if haiti's poverty has much more to do with colonialism than an

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-38044964050770345112010-01-06T20:29:00.000-08:002010-01-06T23:13:56.682-08:00

Several years ago I heard a program on NPR that detailed a music program that connected an American folk music group with a folk music group of another country. Neither group could speak the other group's language. There was some interpretation allowed, but the task, IIRC, was to communicate primarily musically.While listening to one of the U.S. musicians speak he said something that I have

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-2161122543944145942009-12-30T17:21:00.000-08:002009-12-30T20:01:00.095-08:00

just a heads up to some conversation about the demise (or not) of the emerging conversation. andrew jones kicked it off by declaring the end of the radical nature of the movement here and tony jones responds here that emergent is alive and well. tony asked how the emergents will likely be domesticated and i responded that i think it has been. i said:i think emergent was domesticated awhile ago by

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-23992247932973792312009-12-21T08:18:00.001-08:002009-12-22T20:46:19.587-08:00

My views on Modern ArtOne might get the impression based on my railings about Modernity that I am opposed to Modern art. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a matter of fact abstract and non-representational visual art is currently my favourite. Paul Klee has been as much an influence on my lighting design aesthetic as any thing or anyone. I love Kandinsky and find I am sympathetic to

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-16360197756595267962009-12-11T09:50:00.000-08:002009-12-11T17:25:54.782-08:00

Catholic artist Daniel Mitsui posts an interesting essay on Medieval art, Modern perspectivalism, and the ideological baggage carried in the critical term--often used as a pejorative against pre-Modern art--horror vacui (the fear of the void) that should be of interest to the wandering postmodern Christian artists here. The essay is both a defense of the Medievals (all non-Moderns, really) and

Robertnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-19820471552672903252009-12-03T19:12:00.000-08:002010-09-01T12:23:45.762-07:00

why not shop fair trade for christmas and help those who make the products live just and sustainable lives? you can make a difference in how you spend your money. if you want to know more about fair trade go here and here. many of the beautiful products at these sites are also organic, sustainable, and conflict-free--or some combination of the above. if you want to start shopping here are some

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-28298217375051036742009-11-30T07:12:00.000-08:002009-11-30T13:20:01.203-08:00

I've started this post about one thousand times in my head and about 10 times on my computer. We'll see how far I get this time. This is about the similar conditions of the art world in the US compared to the evangelical church in the US.In another blog that I have frequented, Partners in performance, the writer tells us, after many dire statistics about the state of viewer attendance to various

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-16147060315063238322009-11-26T13:36:00.000-08:002009-11-26T13:37:00.667-08:00

To all you wanderers out there!Joe

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-12486048623637793922009-11-23T08:38:00.000-08:002009-11-23T13:13:02.353-08:00

OK people. Just to make sure we are all clear on this. When writing consecutive sentences:Computer age = 1 space after a periodTypewriter age = 2 spaces after a period(Clue—unless you are actually using a typewriter, we are not in the typewriter age any more.)Just sayin',Joe

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you may or may not have heard how in the last week some of our asian-american brothers and sisters were offended by the marketing theme and materials regarding an evangelical book. i don't want to call attention to the controversy for the sake of airing someone else's dirty laundry. rather, i want to call attention to how it is so easy for the evangelical church at large to overlook minority and

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-37359185588544726302009-10-28T02:48:00.000-07:002009-10-28T04:21:02.267-07:00

~samaritan woman at the well~if you've never seen the art of he qi then you are in for a treat. his website says:In his works, He Qi has blended together Chinese folk customs and traditional Chinese painting techniques with the western art of the Middle and Modern Ages, and has created an artistic style of color-on-paper painting. Dr. He Qi was the first among Mainland Chinese to earn Ph.D. in

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-6895119562343263442009-10-09T06:57:00.000-07:002009-10-09T14:11:26.480-07:00

There are changes occurring that is more evident today than even 5 years ago. These changes seem to be affecting everyone, not just the church. What seems to be shifting is control. Particularly control of forms and in institutions that have been created from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, built to mighty crescendos in the mid to late mid 20th century and now are collapsing all around

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-59680824323299834992009-10-08T23:36:00.000-07:002010-04-20T21:01:24.472-07:00

i don't know -- some will tell you yes and others no but here's what i had happen today and how to protect yourself just in case. some chick tried to follow me on twitter (i have my account set to private). i got an email notification from twitter and didn't think i knew her and hit "decline" and all these pop-ups started opening. i tried to close them but they wouldn't close. uh oh, not good. i

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-86971930711982164302009-09-18T22:51:00.000-07:002009-09-19T03:16:33.386-07:00

i've been learning more about psychology lately and i'm noticing some interesting parallels between the fields of psychology and theology. the three main branches in psychology are psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic. the 3 main branches in the western church are Catholic, evangelical and mainline (i.e. liberal). psychodynamic therapy comes from freud which has a strong focus on

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-85636547733267251062009-09-16T02:40:00.000-07:002009-09-16T12:54:27.935-07:00

The question from a recent interview still reverberates in my mind. Have I grown? In what way? Artistically? Emotionally? Intellectually? In weight alone? In what way that matters?After almost two years of living in Connecticut with my wife remaining in Atlanta and my daughter attending Georgia Tech, we decided Connecticut was not where our future was held. After almost two years of praying,

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-57706370549298500712009-08-24T04:27:00.000-07:002009-08-24T17:47:30.676-07:00

This is not what I was once thinking of posting on. The other subject had to do something about modern reductionism that was triggered by the thought of the paperless office. I can't even remember the gist of what I was thinking. Go figure.Lately, however, I've been pondering the problem of universals, especially as a particular person always seemed to think I was promoting "nominalism" whenever

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-41954923741103471962009-08-24T02:39:00.000-07:002009-08-24T10:28:09.126-07:00

here's the text of the prayer but you really need to pray it with the video as the anointing is on the video:Father in the name of Jesus, I ask you to forgive me for all bitterness, all grudges, animosity, anger and hatred and desires of wickedness that I've harbored in my heart toward your people through bitterness.I ask you to forgive me for every injustice that I've done in word, in thought,

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-9553248274101942892009-08-16T17:44:00.000-07:002009-08-16T20:06:58.359-07:00

in response to my (linda) last post about a lull in the emerging conversation andrew posted such comprehensive and thoughtful comments i thought they deserved a post of their own. so the following are andrew's thoughts on the future of the emerging conversation:It will come as no surprise that I think that changes in the conversation are likely to coincide with changes in the lives of people in

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-22937063220172484082009-07-25T01:27:00.000-07:002009-07-25T12:48:31.700-07:00

i seem to be shifting gears a bit and have not had the impetus to blog here much of late. interestingly, several other ec bloggers seem to be rather quiet as well. is there a lull in the emerging conversation? is it time for action instead? do we all just need a siesta? ;)maybe after 4 years of all things emerging it is time for me to focus on other things. i'm not sure, i'm just thinking out

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-80792339605281460072009-06-26T02:02:00.000-07:002009-06-26T02:12:13.568-07:00

there is a really wonderful post over at the christian vision project by arts pastor david taylor. he reflects on beauty and the holy longing for God. taylor quotes from c.s. lewis which i will echo here:What more, you may ask, do we want? … We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-32741883532431055422009-06-19T23:34:00.000-07:002009-06-20T02:45:17.478-07:00

A while back Linda raised some questions about community in a post modern time. I responded with a blogpost (which only Linda seemed to read). During our conversation Linda asked "wouldn't a local church be a christian community? i don't see why it wouldn't be".I'd first like to move us away from the phrase 'local church' to congregation. There may be a better term than congregation, its purpose

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-47163086360112207002009-06-17T21:47:00.000-07:002009-06-17T23:52:36.684-07:00

rick meigs of the blog the blind beggar, friend of missional (that red button at the bottom of our blog) and the missional tribe had a very serious motorcycle accident a few days ago. he is in critical condition and had both lungs collapse and has many broken bones. it's a miracle he is alive! he has several upcoming surgeries scheduled. please pray for healing, alleviation of pain, finances to

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-55986320813420578432009-06-10T01:39:00.000-07:002009-06-10T02:58:15.349-07:00

have you ever heard a fellow christian imply that you shouldn't be reading books outside the bible? i have. have you ever heard a fellow christian say that you shouldn't be seen alone with a christian of the opposite sex if they are not your spouse? i have. what i want to know is where does this kind of kooky thinking come from?! thankfully, i'm not the only christian who thinks this sort of

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-74725951674269350112009-06-08T16:55:00.001-07:002010-09-01T12:24:28.436-07:00

you've probably heard about the 2 american journalists who have been sentenced in north korea by their highest court to 12 years in a hard labor prison camp--the gulag. i find this chilling but hope it is just a political maneuver on n. korea's part. these two women, laura ling and euna lee, were on the china/north korean border investigating human trafficking when they were arrested. human

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-31090318968733813232009-06-01T22:31:00.000-07:002010-09-01T12:24:53.737-07:00

since a friend of mine mentioned online that she will be reading the book Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem it reminded me of an interesting article i recently read over at the other journal. the article is What is Wrong with Capitalism? The Problem with the Problem with Capitalism. while i'm no economist and certainly don't claim to have the answers i do

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-81985861521022426452009-05-28T08:22:00.000-07:002009-05-28T08:24:34.931-07:00

I can read most Enlightenment-era atheists without a problem; I taught David Hume and Tom Paine (both of whom or neither of whom was really an atheist, depending on whom you ask) this spring, and although I could reproduce the shapes of their arguments for the sake of teaching them, neither strikes me as particularly convincing. Likewise Marx, who (again, depending on who's talking) might not

Nathan P. Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731491771737922242noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-85284229963144165602009-05-16T01:25:00.001-07:002009-05-16T01:35:17.034-07:00

rabbi david wolpe is at it again debating the atheists. this time it is christopher hitchens. 

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-85589727339019348382009-05-12T18:37:00.000-07:002009-05-12T18:50:20.789-07:00

scot mcknight and some others have started the origins project and who knows maybe their forums will really get going. rick meigs has started missional tribe and there is a forum but it looks a bit inactive right now. there are lots of features like blogs, events, twitter, groups, etc. maybe some of us post-oozers should go invade and get the conversation going again. :)

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-58246686680788399632009-05-10T06:59:00.000-07:002009-05-28T00:08:06.125-07:00

For everyone who was part of the conversation at theooze regarding Andrew's search for a post-materialist epistemology I have discovered a book exploring the same thing, well, sort of. I was turned onto this book, Enlightenment & Alienation--An essay toward a Trinitarian Theology, by Colin E. Gunton. (I wish I had a better link than Amazon's. Sorry.)Here is a couple brief excerpts:"But for our

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-91205024501486469862009-05-02T22:05:00.000-07:002009-05-03T05:26:41.573-07:00

(this post has been resurrected from the old blog. i was on a bit of a rant when i wrote it so please excuse my cheekiness. :) )many in the church today claim to believe that all the spiritual gifts are for today, but i believe this is mere lip service. they say they believe all the gifts are for today and yet they do not practice them. heaven forbid anyone actually hears a word from God or gets

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-45477667757479231862009-04-27T19:17:00.000-07:002009-11-23T23:43:28.569-08:00

i love the site mediterrasian.com which showcases both the mediterranean and asian diets. i found it when i was looking for info on the mediterranean diet which is known to be so incredibly healthy as is the asian diet. i grew up eating armenian food so i find this way of eating very appealing. the site has tons of tasty info, a blog, recipes, etc. enjoy! what does this have to do with the

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-46549444226834609882009-04-27T01:10:00.001-07:002009-04-27T01:13:59.497-07:00

the christian feminism blog that i started had been rather quiet for awhile, but lately i've posted a bit there. if you'd like to visit it you can read my latest post labels, the f-word, and splitting hairs.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-14044435853969590542009-04-22T10:28:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:54:41.040-07:00

What are the possibilities for community in a post modern time?The construction of the idea of the self actualising, self sufficient individual central to both bourgeoisie liberalism and its successor consumer hedonism has always required a certain nostalgia for an imagined past, or future 'community'; whether Main Street USA, village of hardy pioneers or tribe of noble savages.Community in that

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steve colbert's answers to bart ehrman are really quite good not to mention funny. enjoy!The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBart Ehrmancolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNASA Name Contest

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(click on the cartoon to see it larger)

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a bit of humor from some french "monks":ht: SoF

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if you like philosophy nate has an interesting series of posts on heidegger's being and time and how it relates to postmodern christian thought. while i don't pretend to understand everything nate is saying i know that heidegger has some interesting things to say about our existence as being-in-the-world (dasein) that have impacted postmodernism and subsequent understandings of christianity.

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most likely 500 years. 500 years! if that doesn't make you run out and finally buy (or better yet make) a reusable shopping bag, i don't know what will. although plastic bags have only been around for about 50 years this is science's best estimate as to how long it will take them to decompose. so, don't forget to: reduce. reuse. recycle. how long other trash takes to decompose: paper towels......

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as a follow-up to joe's post a post consumeristic economy i came across an interesting article via npr's blog planet money: the economy explained about ecological economics at the environmental news site grist. here's an excerpt from the article on ecological economics:From 1988 to 1994, [Herman] Daly was the World Bank's senior environmental economist, a lonely voice of dissent in an

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the iMonk, i believe he's a somewhat conservative, reformed blogger (and politically a self-described conservative), tells us of the coming evangelical collapse. i happen to agree that evangelicalism is on its last legs, but coming from a well-respected conservative he makes the case much more effectively than this emerging, missional, postcharismatic, postmodern, contemplative. ;) it's a 3 part

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this is my kind of electric car! it kind of looks like a ferrari, but i'd like one that looks like a batmobile, in black of course. :)

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Is it even possible for an economy to be based on something other than the consumer and driving the consumer to buy beyond their means? Even now the solution to the economic problems seem to be about getting "credit" into people's hands. I thought that is what caused the problem. Newtonian mechanics as the only understanding of the universe has been put aside, way hasn't the same principle been

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there's a new blog out devoted just to michelle obama's fashions called mrs. o. gotta love it. does she look sharp here or what?

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-22911043643536822582009-01-14T14:25:00.000-08:002009-01-14T14:37:21.186-08:00

interesting article from times online: as an atheist i truly believe africa needs God by matthew parris. here's an excerpt:Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will

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Deconstructing narratives of the Spirit as consumption experience Nate invited me to explain my understanding of Understanding, which I had alluded to in a comment as informed by charismatic experience.Thinking about a response prompted a realization that first I would have to make some kind of sense of my experiences and views of charismatic (3rd wave) Christianity church. I haven't answered

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sorie, a young african boy, has been severely burned. jim pierce, a friend of some friends of mine who are doing wonderful work in africa (i blogged about their amazing work in sierra leone where a man was raised from the dead), says:In November, 2008 I traveled to Sierra Leone to take part in a medical mission trip. During one of our clinics, I met a 12 year-old boy named Sorie, who was horibly

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-30842315239741207322008-12-24T21:47:00.000-08:002008-12-24T21:56:23.140-08:00

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:2,6Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with

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My embodied experiences have all been North American.I say that early so that, if anyone wants to dismiss what I'm saying here, an easy excuse will be ready to hand. I also note it in order to invite comments from those with broader bases of experience.In the seven years that I've lived in the state of Georgia, I've never been far from some sort of classroom. Working through my MA and Ph.D in

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this is a fun meme going around that i saw at julie's blog onehandclapping. the things i've done are in bold. consider yourself tagged if you want to do it too. i'm curious what my fellow blogmates have done so post away. :)1. Started your own blog - duh2. Slept under the stars3. Played in a band - maybe in my next life4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower6. Given more than you can afford

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-23741229220705926912008-11-20T12:04:00.000-08:002008-11-25T23:53:40.120-08:00

There is an accusation against understanding. By accusation I don’t mean to simply dramatise a bias, or stylistic preference, I mean the kind of accusation which Satan made against Job.The accusation is that understanding is opposed to faith, to seek understanding is to lack faith. It may be accompanied by some kind of claim that understanding is good, but is not the best, that a “simple faith”

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-1844036761139842842008-11-16T00:45:00.000-08:002010-09-01T12:26:32.880-07:00

i'm sure this sounds unbelievable but God still does this kind of thing--even thru people & ministries i personally know! when i was on staff at my old church one of the pastors, nathan gunn, started an evangelistic ministry called jesus booth ministires. this ministry is so simple and God uses it in amazing ways. nathan constructs these open booths that people stand in and they are placed in

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-77873878449895799942008-11-06T18:31:00.001-08:002010-09-01T12:26:56.702-07:00

play budget hero and see how you would allocate the 3 trillion dollar national budget while maintaining your values. it's a great way to learn about the complexities of national life. just click on the graphic.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-22028170701271724952008-11-03T22:17:00.000-08:002010-09-01T12:27:15.912-07:00

i found this election day epistle on a new site called urbanfaith.com. at urbanfaith.com, they'll interact on a variety of topics related to contemporary christian life from an urban and multiethnic perspective on news, faith, and culture.here are some snippets from the epistle that i think are pertinent to keep in mind concerning the election:"There is something grieving my heart at this time.

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A feature length documentary film that reveals the worlds 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE takes viewers deep undercover where slavery is thriving - from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India - and reveals that in 2007, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-41093926307427341332008-10-10T10:26:00.000-07:002008-10-10T12:02:21.464-07:00

I wrote a disjointed rambler of a post not long ago (mostly) about Frost and Hirsch's The Shaping of Things to Come, a book that Andrew recommended to me a number of years ago on the Ooze and which I purchased (as a push-it-over-amazon.com's-free-shipping-line addition) in the summer of '08. In the meantime, while I've ignored my post, some good comments have come in, and because the questions

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There is one last unreached people group. They number in the thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands but there is not a single mission or church plant directed at them. Perhaps it is not surprising, their language is difficult, their culture is hostile to the notion of Christianity, and those few who have committed to Christianity have largely refused to change their way of life despite the

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when i first heard about postmodernism i was taught that it essentially meant moral relativism and is therefore something christians most definitely should eshew. because much of the thinking in the emerging church addresses how christians can engage our postmodern culture, the emerging church has been stigmatized as a group of moral relativists. so, the question remains, does postmodernism

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-38016709086728451662008-10-01T00:08:00.000-07:002008-10-01T00:39:27.385-07:00

when i was asking some dog training questions on the ooze recently, my friend seraphim graciously sent me the book divine canine: the monks way to a happy, obedient dog by these cool monks of new skete. they breed german shepherds and train all kinds of dogs and write books. they really know their stuff too. how cool is that.

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-28639537210384864962008-09-20T18:25:00.000-07:002011-03-03T14:21:53.042-08:00

whatever you want to call this new move of God--and the terms are changing as i type--it doesn't change the fact that God is afoot. i thought i'd compile a list of links instead of trying to write something myself as it has been done by others quite effectively. the quiz is on monday. :)the skinny on the emerging church by andrew jones aka tallskinnykiwi:emergant tour introemergant 1: emergent

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I'm not going to rehearse the tired old rhetorical question that I've heard in so many sermons, the one where the preacher asks if a court could convict me if there were a new law against being a Christian. I will say that if someone were to use this blog to write my biography, they'd likely list me as having died some time in 2007. So I am sorry for my extended absence. As it turns out, this

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mike morrell, of sites unseen fame and a true post charismatic, tells us at his blog zoecarnate that rob mcalpine's book Post Charismatic may not be published in the US after all. this is really a shame, as i read it when it was online and it gives tremendous background & context to many of the problems in the pentecostal/charismatic world. in light of recent events in the charismatic church, i

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update 8.16.08 i am saddened to hear that todd bentley and his wife shonnah have separated, and todd has stepped down from ministry for a season. i can only imagine the pressures the daily services at the florida outpouring have put on their marriage. personality-driven ministry has burned out many a minister and probably will continue to do so. while i still believe this is a move of God--and

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this past weekend todd bentley, the leader of the florida outpouring at ignited church in lakeland, florida, was in los angeles. as many of you already know, the internet has been abuzz with talk of bentley and whether or not he is the real thing and revival is happening--including miraculous healings and even resurrections--or a fake. on the ooze message boards we've had some pretty extensive

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pandora--it's so cool. :) you enter the name of an artist and it creates a playlist for you of similar artists. also, you can get pandora on some phones.

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i wordled the post bothand. :)

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here's the little cutie i'm adopting. he's half bichon/half poodle and a little rescue at 11 months old. he looks rather docile in these pics but but don't let that fool you. austin's also quite a charmer. he's not currently too fond of men, so i'll have to work on that one!

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there is a great new site for finding creative inspiration. it's we heart it and you can add a little button to your browser bar and easily add great images you see on the web to your pages there. you can also just browse what they have on the site and add them too. the credit info for the above photo is here.

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(this post has been resurrected from the old blog)at the urban abbess blog rachelle was asked in response to her blog post raising pagans whether or not she believes jesus is the christ and if jesus is central to her new belief system. this was my comment:while i’m not so sure what we “believe” (mere intellectual assent) is the most important thing, i do think that who our lord and savior is, is

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-10497358261989636732008-06-12T15:19:00.000-07:002008-06-18T20:22:55.886-07:00

apologizes for the dearth of posts on my part. so, i thought i'd leave you with some of my bad poetry. :)i ami am holyi am brighti am cleani am white i am His.i am not my pasti am not what i have doneor left undone.i am not what or who others say i am.born from abovefrom the Master's handfashioned by designfit for His plans.i am holyi am brightcleanand whitei am Hisa child of the light.

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Where did this idea that being subjective is bad come from? Being objective is somehow the highest goal and above reproach.I also think that idea has a brother--the idea that only "rational thought" is of value, emotions are untrustworthy.How can an objective observer understand the pain of someone else? In some cultures only the person who was wronged has the authority to pass sentence on the

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-19587444540587971982008-05-31T06:44:00.000-07:002008-05-31T06:46:45.310-07:00

Scripture says everyone is given a measure of faith. After that, how is faith built up? Is it our responsibility? Or is faith building God's job? What have you found scripture to say? What have you found your life to say?Joe

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I posted this question over at theooze. It came up mostly because of the discussions we've had here. So I guess it makes (more) sense to post this here, too.It seems to me and my limited experience that the longer one is a Christian, the more time one spends under His wing, the longer we seek His face, the more we want to know Him, the longer he sings over us, it seems sometimes the harder things

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Is the Emerging Conversation over?Has that seemingly relaxed interaction over free trade coffee at the local coffee shop with the goodwill sofa's morphed into a strat session of bright young new media operators asserting agency for the world's poor?Tom Hohstadt has published a book Beyond the Emerging Church: The End and the Beginning of a Movement.He writes: "Alarmingly, we’ve already reached

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-11272197252683972482008-05-02T00:08:00.000-07:002008-05-02T01:32:10.944-07:00

it's no secret that the prominent voices in the ec are primarily those of white males. emergent village had an interesting blog post race [and gender] in the emerging church that has generated some lively discussion in the comments. i thought i'd list just a few good blogs i've found of our brothers and sisters whose voices you may not have heard. some of these folks had commented on my post

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-40885004092480577962008-04-22T17:33:00.000-07:002008-04-22T18:10:13.031-07:00

i found this drama of lifehouse's song "everything" moving. be sure and watch the whole thing.ht: amygirl

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do you have debt? then i'm sure you can appreciate the debt relief those in developing countries need to bring economic parity back to their nations. the jubilee usa network site is all about canceling debt in developing countries. on tuesday, april 15th the House is to vote on a debt cancellation bill. please contact your representative.just go here and send an email to your house representative

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-28193351942971861242008-04-12T13:50:00.000-07:002008-04-12T13:54:32.427-07:00

(this post has been resurrected from the old blog)i loved my old church. it was healthy and the staff was great. the only reason i left several years ago was because God told me it was time to move on in order to keep growing. the very first time i attended that church the pastor (steve) was preaching thru the book of timothy and came to the passage on the role of women in ministry. the reason i

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-1286882954903971772008-04-05T02:18:00.000-07:002008-04-06T16:18:03.434-07:00

Joe suggested I type one more post to wrap this up, and to provide a locus for discussion.I don't claim I know how you can recover your destiny, but I will tell you why I have hope that destiny can be recovered. Its important to understand the often enduring and unexamined impact of destiny thieves. We are not just talking bad advice, we are talking about our very perceptions of who we are and

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-67392419236900266932008-04-04T10:24:00.000-07:002008-04-08T21:21:28.543-07:00

The third type are considerably more insidious than the previous categories, they don't deny that you have destiny, on the contrary they encourage you believe that you have one. They usually don't tell you that your destiny is confined to a narrow category, they'll tell you it could be success in business, or fame as an entertainer. They'll encourage you to dream big, to increase your ambition,

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-4917189562897336012008-04-04T09:38:00.000-07:002008-04-05T01:27:43.952-07:00

The second type operate in a more subtle manner. They very rarely make a negative claim. They don't say much about destiny either way. What they do do is make clear the narrow confines of a Christian life.It's also true that God will not call people to become sex-workers or drug dealers. Its not a case that anything goes.It may not be so easy for those who have not been raised in the Church to

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-12980728442448302852008-04-04T01:39:00.000-07:002008-04-05T01:27:43.953-07:00

These are people who will tell you that you don't have a destiny. They say 'you are no-one special', and 'don't compare yourself to the various characters in the Bible'. According to them all the people in the Bible were exceptional, God only did stuff like that in a few places in history, your life is not like that. It's strange because those same people claim to have a high view of Scripture

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-35229543474464424222008-04-03T09:19:00.000-07:002008-04-05T01:27:43.954-07:00

I am going to be putting up a few posts on destiny thieves.These are people who say and do things which rob you of your destiny.I've identified three kinds of people, who, whether they intend to or not, hinder you in pursuing your destiny. What do I mean by destiny? Destiny is becoming who God meant you to be. Something I haver realised lately, there are what seem to be two apparently

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971710025256183607noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-86280410031565932008-03-31T18:35:00.000-07:002010-09-01T12:28:11.592-07:00

many i've added to the sidebar too:stop consuming is all about ending our consumer orientation toward christianity.the jesus manifesto is a webzine that asks "what does it mean to follow Jesus in the American Empire?" it has anabaptist roots and has many great articles and sister sites. info on christian anarchism too.a guide to psychology is a great intro to what psychotherapy is all about by a

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-35982848335854620512008-03-31T17:44:00.000-07:002009-11-23T23:44:13.516-08:00

(this post has been resurrected from the old blog. originally this review appeared here on the ooze.)This book, Streams of Living Water, is a must read for those schooled primarily in the evangelical tradition. Why? Because Richard Foster, author of the notable Celebration of Disciplines, introduces the 6 traditions--or streams as he calls them--of the Christian faith: contemplative, holiness,

lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407759433958686081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-68604982783507965742008-03-26T18:57:00.001-07:002008-03-31T17:53:47.954-07:00

I wish I had more time to write and think of stuff to write. I am mostly in "response mode" with my new job taking up a lot of my "thinking" and reflection time. I am still convinced that deprecating the value of art and artistry is one of the travesties of our modern Church. And I do believe that using art as a "tool" for evangelism is a depreciation.In the mean time, there are a lot of good

jfutralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578818666076510819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517978822503423820.post-67491156759364356172008-03-24T23:11:00.000-07:002008-03-25T22:29:20.681-07:00

dan brennan on his blog faith dance had a really interesting post yesterday about prayer, healing and formation. yesterday's post really got me thinking as there are many different models for healing prayer or inner healing or spiritual formation or whatever you want to call it. he shared recently that he has been personally influenced by leanne payne who has, from what i've read in her books, a

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