When out and busy, I wish I were at home doing nothing, and when I’m home I’m bored and wish I had a reason to go out and do something. Tired of saying “No” when friends invite me out to do things because I can’t afford it, and tired of saying “Yes” when they offer… Continue reading I go back and forth…
Additional observations from my notes on Q: Matthew Sleeth talked about the need for a Sabbath in our lives within today’s culture. We need to find rest by choosing to live in a 24:6 world. (If you need help defining “rest,” Sleeth says “Figure out what work is for you and don’t do it.”) Alister… Continue reading notes from Q – part 2
Q really is pretty unique as far as conferences go. It’s focused on 4 things: Culture, Future, Church, and Gospel. The wide range of speakers address how we as believers can proactively and positively influence our culture and the future through seven channels of influence: Church, social sector, business, education, government, arts & entertainment, and… Continue reading notes from Q
If you’ve ever attended a Christian conference of some type, you know they can be inspiring, exhausting, informative, connecting, provide great resources and sometimes just make you feel inadequate. They help us with ideas, resources, connections and encouragement, but do they help us in our desire to abide in Christ? Two things: 1. I want… Continue reading spiritual formation & the christian conference
People are starting to think the world is going crazy. Not the world of culture and people this time, but the physical world – the earth. Major earthquakes – newscasters with arched brow asking “Is Los Angeles due for a major quake!?” – and volcanic eruptions disrupting air traffic all across Europe. Some say the… Continue reading a privileged planet
Something about Evangelicalism isn’t transferring to the next generation. That fact became abundantly clear in the last presidential election, when many traditional Evangelicals were shocked – shocked – to discover that so many Christians had actually voted for Obama. The Huffington Post writes that Evangelicalism is Failing a New Generation. The writer suggests three major… Continue reading the shifting of young evangelicals
One of the most beautiful expressions of the Bible story is John Milton’s Paradise Lost. On this Good Friday and Easter weekend I am moved by the conversation which may have taken place when God the Father acknowledges before all of Heaven that Satan will certainly tempt Adam and Eve to fall, and considers the… Continue reading “account me man”
Monday’s post started a conversation about Art, which made me think of a couple of posts I wrote awhile back, attempting to define what Art is – and is not – for Christians. I posted the first yesterday. Here’s the second, originally titled “Is it Christian?” It was in reply to a blog post about… Continue reading … and “christian” art
Monday’s post brought up a conversation about Art, and our current [mis]understanding of it in relation to the Church, and as Christians. It made me think of a couple of posts I wrote awhile back, attempting to define what Art is – and is not – for Christians. They were probably the most linked-to posts… Continue reading christian art
A 10-year-old artist is the center of a controversy involving the validity of art within the Church. Jackson Potts II was the only child asked to contribute to an exhibit depicting the Stations of the Cross, in anticipation that he “would bring a unique perspective.” Jackson’s representation of the seventh Station of the Cross (Jesus… Continue reading the wrong kind of provocative
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