If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have just taken a solemn vow to never use the word “postmodern” in a sermon or article again, unless the article (or blog entry) is about why I refuse to use the term. The reason for the vow [...]
wadehodges.com Archives: January 2003
I just turned thirty years old. Actually, I was born in the central time zone so I’ve been thirty for a couple of hours now.
Congratulations to my friend Fred Peatross on the publication of his new book A Mobile Church For E.P.I.C. Times
I grew up in Texas. Every Texan loves to tell Oklahoma jokes. I’ve been asked if I realize I won’t be able to use all the jokes I cherish as a Texan, since I’ll be living in Oklahoma. Actually, I have no need to discard any of my favorite make-fun-of-some-other-state jokes for [...]
Now that its official I can blog about it.
Last week I was offered and I accepted the position of preaching minister at the Garnett Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the potential ministry opportunity Ive written about several times in the past. Its taken several months for both of us to complete our [...]
Emerging Churches in Seattle
Ultimately, Ward says, emerging churches are about asking: ” ‘What was it that caused the church to grow in the early days?’ I think it was the authenticity of the way of life. It wasn’t an institution at all then. It was people following in the path of Jesus’ way of life. [...]
A friend of mine celebrated one year of sobriety today. We got to talking about Alcoholics Anonymous and how helpful it has been to him. He said that from a marketing standpoint AA is hopelessly antiquated. The material was written in 40’s. It uses sexist language, outdated illustrations, and awkward syntax. [...]
Andrew Jones has written a great article on Alt.Worship.
In a way, alt.worship is a return to a simple New Testament pattern of worship, where one offers a song and another a word. And it is a return to the Old Testament worship pattern of multimedia, multisensory worship.
Simplicity and complexity. Premodern and postmodern.
Worship as [...]
I saw “Gangs of New York” tonight and was underwhelmed. I wanted to like it. I thought I was going to like it. It’s even got U2 singing the title track. But it didn’t do anything for me. Afterwards, the guys in the theatre bathroom were talking about how powerful [...]
I just turned thirty years old. Actually, I was born in the central time zone so I’ve been thirty for a couple of hours now.
Congratulations to my friend Fred Peatross on the publication of his new book A Mobile Church For E.P.I.C. Times
I grew up in Texas. Every Texan loves to tell Oklahoma jokes. I’ve been asked if I realize I won’t be able to use all the jokes I cherish as a Texan, since I’ll be living in Oklahoma. Actually, I have no need to discard any of my favorite make-fun-of-some-other-state jokes for [...]
Now that its official I can blog about it.
Last week I was offered and I accepted the position of preaching minister at the Garnett Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the potential ministry opportunity Ive written about several times in the past. Its taken several months for both of us to complete our [...]
Emerging Churches in Seattle
Ultimately, Ward says, emerging churches are about asking: ” ‘What was it that caused the church to grow in the early days?’ I think it was the authenticity of the way of life. It wasn’t an institution at all then. It was people following in the path of Jesus’ way of life. [...]
A friend of mine celebrated one year of sobriety today. We got to talking about Alcoholics Anonymous and how helpful it has been to him. He said that from a marketing standpoint AA is hopelessly antiquated. The material was written in 40’s. It uses sexist language, outdated illustrations, and awkward syntax. [...]
Andrew Jones has written a great article on Alt.Worship.
In a way, alt.worship is a return to a simple New Testament pattern of worship, where one offers a song and another a word. And it is a return to the Old Testament worship pattern of multimedia, multisensory worship.
Simplicity and complexity. Premodern and postmodern.
Worship as [...]
I saw “Gangs of New York” tonight and was underwhelmed. I wanted to like it. I thought I was going to like it. It’s even got U2 singing the title track. But it didn’t do anything for me. Afterwards, the guys in the theatre bathroom were talking about how powerful [...]
