A Right Brained Church?

Last week I finished Daniel E. Pink’s A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.  Great read full of good analysis, helpful illustrations (not just stories, but pictures, too!), and practical suggestions for developing your right brain abilities.  This book has been on the shelf for a few years, but it contains the [...]

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The 3, The 12, & The 120

I think the church has been given a gift in Andy Crouch’s Culture Making.  Before I say anything else, I need to offer a command: read this book.
As Christian people we are called to create and offer culture to the world.  As human beings we are created in God’s image.  When we create, we reflect [...]

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Compassion International

Molly and I support Compassion International, and invite others to do so as well.  For $32 a month you can support a child’s education, well-being, and personal development in under-resourced areas around the globe.  Molly and I exchange letters with our Compassion child who is from Brazil, and are encouraged when we hear what he [...]

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Identity, Creativity, and the “Emerging Church”

It is Friday morning and I hope yours is going as well as mine thus far!  My job with the bus company has me up early each day and gets me started, and then I move to a coffee shop or my living room to research and write.  As I’ve been perusing my blog reader [...]

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Low-Hanging Fruit (John 15, anyone?)

Yesterday Seth Godin put forth an interesting question I couldn’t ignore.  Here’s an excerpt from his post:
Imagine that half the cars in the US get 10 miles per gallon. And half get 40 miles per gallon. Further stipulate that all cars are driven the same number of miles per year.
Now, you get one wish. You [...]

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Sometimes Eschatology Makes Me Want to Vomit

This story from FoxNews reports that a group of Christians holding a pre-tribulation, premillenial doctrinal understanding of eschatology (or “last things”) have launched a website which will alert friends and loved ones if the “Rapture” has occurred.  According to this report, “Final e-mails from vanished subscribers will be triggered when three of the site’s five Christian staffers [...]

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“Take Up Thy Tools”

Here is a great article from Clive Thompson on getting your hands dirty and becoming more handy.  I’m not too handy myself, but I have enjoyed those occasions being a first time homeowner has provided to build and install stuff myself.  Sometimes it is a disaster.  Sometimes it is great.
I can see his point in saying [...]

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