An Age Of Sexual Domination
Is it just me or does this video from Lady GaGa seem like it was produced by Trent Reznor. [RSS - See Embedded Video] I want your ugly I want your disease I want your everything As long as it’s free I want your love (Love-love-love I want your love) I want your drama The touch of your hand I …
Remembering Our Humanity
I had a thought the other day about kids. They usually seem comfortable in their skin. And then they grow up. Before someone is a Christian… Before someone is a Jew… Before someone is a Hindu or Buddhist or Muslim… They are first a human being. Before someone is white… Before someone is black… Before someone is brown or pink…. …
The Role Of The Prophet
I wonder if someone ever said to Isaiah or Jeremiah, “How dare you criticize the what we’re doing!” I’m serious. If ever there is a thankless job in the Ecclessia, it is the prophetic voice, the one that has the very thankless job of reminding the church, “This is not who you are.” Prophet have a terrible job. They have …
Trouble With The Law
“You see that’s the whole point of being the government. If you don’t like something you simply make up a law that makes something illegal.” [RSS - See Embedded Video] As human beings, we have a love affair with the law. It’s fixed and permanent, rigid an firm. It protects us and keeps us safe, doesn’t it. Or does it? …
TransFORM Missional Communities
About four months ago, some friend of mine got together to share the idea about starting a network around the idea of creating missional communities. It was the next logical step after cohorts. The original thought was, “What would it look like to create communities of practice, as a natural extension of the conversation.” The purpose of TransFORM is to …
Confronting The Enemy Within
I’m a white Anglo male in case you didn’t know. ;-P And recently I was reminded that I am at the top of the oppressive food chain. Not a good place to be sometimes. Recently Professor Soong-Chan Rah wrote an open letter to Mike Foster, Jud Wilhite and Zondervan stating publicly his offense at the book, “Deadly Viper Character Assassins.” …
Reconciliation Is Possible
One of the more important books I have ever read is No Truth Without Forgiveness, by Bishop Desmond Tutu. The book shares the process South Africa went through to engage reconciliation after apartheid. Tutu and Nelson Mandela came up with the idea for a new process of reconciliation that brought the offender and defendant together. As long as the offender …
My Beautiful Idol – Book Review
Summary: My Beautiful Idol by Peter Gall (Zondervan, 2008) is a provocative memoir that will touch your heart in unexpected ways. Peter has crafted a work that can only be described as a beautiful mess. It is an uncompromising work of spiritual transformation and transcendence. Review:I purchased this book on a recommendation from a friend who said it was the …
A Question To Ponder
What is the one thing that attracts you to Jesus?
