Last Sunday I preached on the lament psalms. It got me to reflecting on why many Christians are hesitant to lament in private or corporate worship. Almost half of the psalms are laments. The psalter played a crucial role in shaping early Christian worship. Yet, do a song search at the […]
wadehodges.com Archives: August 2002
Comic-book heroes seldom reveal their faith
This article reminded me of a verse to the song “I’ve been redeemed” that we used to sing when I was a kid.
Well you can’t get to heaven (echo)As Superman (echo)Well you can’t get to heaven as SupermanCan’t to heaven as Superman,The Lord might be a Batman fan,All my […]
I recently read John Polkinghorne’s The Faith of a Physicist and was intrigued by this paragraph:
Mistakes by natural theologians in the past do not preclude the possibility of success in the present. The science of 1750-1850 made plenty of mistakes too (phlogiston, caloric), and had ideas which were eventually fruitful but in a […]
Interesting interview with Mike Yaconelli. (Thanks Sam)
Mike Yaconelli is owner and co-founder of Youth Specialties, former editor of the religious humor magazine The Door, and the author several books, including Messy Spirituality: God’s Annoying Love for Imperfect People (Zondervan, 2002).
Im working on a talk on Masculine Spirituality. The working title is 5 Things Men Know That Boys Dont
Here are the five things.
1. Life is hardstop trying to make things easy on yourself.2. You are going to die somedayLet a holy urgency dictate your priorities3. You are not that importanthumility is the key to happiness and contentment […]
Excerpts from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Society at large can’t make up its mind about men. Having spent the last thirty years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive, safe, manageable and, well, feminine, it now berates men for not being men. Boys will be boys, they sigh. As though if a […]
What is “good” worship?
I’d like to know. How do we evaluate a worship assembly? I’ve heard people say things like, “Last Sunday the worship was just awesome.” What makes a worship experience awesome? Does the quality of the worship team have anything to do with it? What about the number […]
Rahne Taylor reviews “Signs.”
The true question of the film, (the existence of extra-terrestrials or life after death deftly set to the side), is a question of design. Why do bad things happen to good people? Are we (and everything else) merely random events, our very lives simply a coin toss in a universe of chaos […]
I’ve been teetering on the brink of becoming a blogaslob. Hopefully, I’m at a place now where I can get back in the groove of posting something of value here on a daily basis.
Heather and I saw “Signs” Friday night. What a wonderfully honest look at the nature of faith. I haven’t […]
Growing up, one of my favorite groups was Acapella. Wayburn Dean was my favorite of all the great singers they have had over the years. He is now working on a solo career. His website has some samples from his new album. It’s great to hear “the voice” back in action.
Comic-book heroes seldom reveal their faith
This article reminded me of a verse to the song “I’ve been redeemed” that we used to sing when I was a kid.
Well you can’t get to heaven (echo)As Superman (echo)Well you can’t get to heaven as SupermanCan’t to heaven as Superman,The Lord might be a Batman fan,All my […]
I recently read John Polkinghorne’s The Faith of a Physicist and was intrigued by this paragraph:
Mistakes by natural theologians in the past do not preclude the possibility of success in the present. The science of 1750-1850 made plenty of mistakes too (phlogiston, caloric), and had ideas which were eventually fruitful but in a […]
Interesting interview with Mike Yaconelli. (Thanks Sam)
Mike Yaconelli is owner and co-founder of Youth Specialties, former editor of the religious humor magazine The Door, and the author several books, including Messy Spirituality: God’s Annoying Love for Imperfect People (Zondervan, 2002).
Im working on a talk on Masculine Spirituality. The working title is 5 Things Men Know That Boys Dont
Here are the five things.
1. Life is hardstop trying to make things easy on yourself.2. You are going to die somedayLet a holy urgency dictate your priorities3. You are not that importanthumility is the key to happiness and contentment […]
Excerpts from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Society at large can’t make up its mind about men. Having spent the last thirty years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive, safe, manageable and, well, feminine, it now berates men for not being men. Boys will be boys, they sigh. As though if a […]
What is “good” worship?
I’d like to know. How do we evaluate a worship assembly? I’ve heard people say things like, “Last Sunday the worship was just awesome.” What makes a worship experience awesome? Does the quality of the worship team have anything to do with it? What about the number […]
Rahne Taylor reviews “Signs.”
The true question of the film, (the existence of extra-terrestrials or life after death deftly set to the side), is a question of design. Why do bad things happen to good people? Are we (and everything else) merely random events, our very lives simply a coin toss in a universe of chaos […]
I’ve been teetering on the brink of becoming a blogaslob. Hopefully, I’m at a place now where I can get back in the groove of posting something of value here on a daily basis.
Heather and I saw “Signs” Friday night. What a wonderfully honest look at the nature of faith. I haven’t […]
Growing up, one of my favorite groups was Acapella. Wayburn Dean was my favorite of all the great singers they have had over the years. He is now working on a solo career. His website has some samples from his new album. It’s great to hear “the voice” back in action.
