Today’s post is my contribution to the Eighth Letter project, which invites participants to compose letters to the North American church in the spirit of John’s seven letters of Revelation. A handful of these letters will be chosen for public reading at the Eight Letter conference in October. ————————————————————————————— To the Church in North America, …
The Simplicity Of Orthodoxy
[RSS - See Embedded Video] This is a fun project I worked on last year that was going to be part of a series. One of the ideas I explore in my book is our desire to discover our own humanity, and to figure our sense of what it means to be orthodox, or to …
Does Love Get Taken Advantage Of?
Does love get taken advantage of? I recently had a conversation with some friends about a choice I had made. In some respects their responses was that I was being taken advantage of. In choosing to love, I was allowing the person the opportunity to get everything. And while I understood the point my friends …
What Is A Follower Of Jesus
It seems like I’ve had some of the best conversations lately. It started with this post, which asks if Christianity is a system of belief or a way of life. And then it extended to this post, which asks if denying God is wrestling with God. And within these conversations seems to be common thread. …
The Bitter Words Of A Friend
A friend once said to me, “You think too much for people and it allows them to blame you when things go wrong.” To be honest, when my friend said it, it hurt. I didn’t like it. It stung me to the core. But after getting over my own drama, I realized that it was …
The Math of Love
The following post is directly cut from Andrew Sullivan. I found it remarkably interesting but I don’t know if it accurately represents love. In some ways it seems like pragmatism. What do you think? ——————————————————————————————– A Spanish mathematician crunches the numbers on successful relationships: The results of the mathematical analysis showed when both members of …
Why Jennifer Knapp Is Important
Jennifer Knapp is creating a strange problem for some people. I remember hearing Jennifer Knapp when she first released Kansas. It was one of the more poignant and beautiful albums of the 90′s. Undo Me still gets play in my iTunes. But then Jennifer went silent. I didn’t know why until about five months ago …
Would Jesus Drop A Bomb?
I love Greg Boy and Tony Campolo. Some classic lines in this one.
Loving Your Enemy
I just read one of the coolest posts in a long time. It reminds me why I decided to participate in the Emergent conversation. In the end, love wins. John Piper recently announced a leave of absence from ministry. No this isn’t about John Piper. But it’s important to understand the background. I applaud Piper …
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