Wrestling With Hope
“I am a university student who follows Jesus.” The above video is an interesting take on what it’s like as a university student in today’s generation, and wrestling with all this it is to be human. Thoughts? PS: Sorry for any confusion. The voice in the video is not mine. A friend sent me the video link.
The Science Of Shame
I’ve come to believe that the human condition is very simple. A friend of mine sent me the following video, which is now at the top of all the videos I’ve ever seen on humanity. It’s that good and that important. If you have 20 minutes to spend today on anything, make it this video. Brené Brown shares the science …
The Wisdom Of The Beatles
Hey Jude is my favorite Beatles song, but the other day I listened to this song while in a deeply reflective mood. And it hit me. There is a significant power is letting things be. My firstly instinctive reaction is not always my best. When I sit with things and let my emotions subside, I usually make better judgments. And …
Question To Ponder
I grew up with a very simple question. If you died today do you know where you’d go. Tracy Chapman suggests a provocative alternative, which I now find much more compelling. If you knew that you would die today, Saw the face of God and love, Would you change?
Playing God – Paramore
There is a brilliance to this song. I’ll let you share what you see in it. ———————————————————————— Can’t make my own decisions or make any with precision Well, maybe you should tie me up so I don’t go where you don’t want me You say that I’ve been changing, that I’m not just simply aging Yeah, how could that be …
Fighting For Absolute Truth
My friend Peter Walker made the above video. Peter’s sense of humor, and the fact that he calls out a certain absurdity in the stereotypes of Christianity, absolutely made me laugh. And it got me thinking about all of the theological dialogs I’ve had over the years. So many of those dialogs (and a lot of arguments) were simply my …
Giving Presence
[RSS - See Embedded Video] Sometimes all we have is the ability to sit with the other and give presence.
What Do You Think
[Note: This video contains strong language.] I love artists. Artists are given a special permission in our culture to speak what others would not say. But by doing it in artistic form we seem to accept it in ways that we normally wouldn’t, had it come in direct form. It’s interesting to me as we begin to wrestle with the …
The Beauty Of Human Failure
[RSS - See Embedded Video] The only way to deal with failure sometimes is to just laugh.
Discovering The God Imagination Promo Video Part 3
In this third in a series of three videos, Jonathan Brink explores three topics from his book, Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity. Topic 1 – Love Wins Topic 2 – The “Missional” Problem Topic 3 – The Command To Love —————————————————————– Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity explores a profound possibility. What if …
