The Abundant Community
“Consumer society originates in the belief that the good lie is defined by what we produce and what we consume. It rests on the belief that it is our production and consumption that create life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is why, when we were attacked by terrorists on 9/11, the answer was to go shopping”-McKnight & Block
Avocado…A strong Apologetic
Machines whine and whirl; they spit steam steam and drip tears of sweet and bitter; drops of ground beaned bliss. Molecules; two hydrogen, one oxygen combine to produce for me morning salvation in a cup. Dark…Brown…Beautiful. You can come at me with your logic and philosophies, hypothesis about the non existence of God, I will […]
Kaleidoscopic Faith
“The Christian faith is kaleidoscopic, and most of us are color-blind. It is multidimensional, and most of us manage to hold at most two dimensions in our heads at any one time. It is symphonic, and we can just about whistle one of the tunes”
-N.T. Wright in the forward to The King Jesus Gospel, by Scot McKnight
Book Review: Missional Preaching (part 2)
This post is part 2 of a two part review of Al Tizon’s book entitled Missional Preaching. You can read part 1 here. As I covered in the first post, Missional Preaching is divided into two parts, with part one discussing the essentials of Missional Preaching and the second detailing the goals. While each chapter […]
Book Review: Missional Preaching (part 1)
This post is part 1 of a two part review of Al Tizon’s book entitled Missional Preaching. Being someone who cares deeply, not only for the Missional conversation, but also for the necessity of Biblical preaching, I was uniquely interested when my good friend and mentor Brad Brisco asked me to read and respond to […]
In the Woods
What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this-two things: I crave truth. And I lie.
Enjoying the beginning of In the Woods by Tana French. If you dig P.D. James, I recommend you dive in.