Last night we were reading The Chronicles of Narnia as has been our new nightly activity. It makes a great hour around bedtime. I find myself waking up in the morning and thinking, “Man, what movie did we watch last night? That was awesome!‚” and then I realize I just read ONE CHAPTER of The […]
From "The Forgotten Ways" section on Chaos
It is remarkable to me that the theologically most fertile parts of the Bible are all, yes all, set in the context of the people of God facing significant danger and chaos. -Alan Hirsch
Reading a Book that is Really Messing Me Up
http://www.jakecolsen.com/index.html So You Don’t want to Go to Church Anymore. Here are some random quotes and thoughts I had while I read this book-things I would write in the margins or underline as I read it… No more performance based acceptance. No more task-based friendships. “Always separate the failure of the system from the hearts […]
Sometimes Christians are Weird
I was just reading The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne, and there is some pretty neat stuff in there…but… Sometimes I wonder how much the movements we get into are just weird. Right now this whole environmental thing is sweeping through the church. That’s fine, but I don’t see environmental stuff in Matthew 5-7. Running […]
Divine Conspiracy Quote
We must always be as intelligent, thorough, and clever as we can. -Dallas Williard, Divine Conspiracy
Revolutions and Jesus
“Violent revolutions, in this sense, aren’t revolutionary. Noisy regime changes are utterly predictable ‚Äì bourth about by displays of power and hollow promises and indomitable wealth. In contrast, the message of Jesus may well be called the most revolutionary of all time… “What other kind of revolution would possibly change the world? perhaps what’s crazy […]
Another Quote from the Ragamuffin Gospel
The way we are with each other is the truest test of our faith. How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on […]
Quote, I Think from Ragamuffin Gospel?
He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. it may be that Christians, not withstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship in service, may still be left to their loneliness. The final breakthrough to fellowship does not occur because, though they have fellowship with one another as believers and as devout […]
The Divine Conspiracy Quote – Tin Man
God is turning the tin man into a real man, and the part that doesn’t like it is the part that is still tin. -Dallas Willard, the Divine Conspiracy
Done with One Book, Onto Another
I just finished Sex God, by Rob Bell. It was very good. I think it ended a little abruptly, but if you think of it more as a book to be thought provoking, rather than to express a complete thought, it’s great. Anybody that is single or married should read it. Don’t let the title […]