You can learn a lot from an English teacher about how to read your Bible. I’m being blessed immensely by the insights gained from those who bring a literary/narrative criticism perspective to Biblical stories. In the past, I’ve recommended Rhoads and Michie’s Mark as Story for help in reading the Gospel of Mark. Another book […]
Archives for May 2003
Bruce Almighty
I’m sure there are many Christians, afraid of participating in a sacrilegious act of blasphemy, who will never see “Bruce Almighty.” That’s too bad. Having just come from the the theatre, I can only marvel at how once again Hollywood has preached a better sermon than can be heard in most churches on Sunday morning. […]
May 26, 2003 by Leave a Comment
12 Statements about the Kingdom/Reign/Realm of God
Tonight we continue our study of the Kingdom of God. In her book, Spiritual Formation in the Church and Classroom, Susanne Johnson provides twelve statements about the Kingdom of God that I find to be extremely helpful in summarizing the material we’ve covered so far. Our plan for tonight’s meeting is to discuss each of […]
May 22, 2003 by Leave a Comment
Nothing New Under the Sun
In a comment posted below, Sam wrote: I have to be honest about “reloaded”. Incredible special effects…. horrible movie. Can we get any more unoriginal? The thing that drew me to the Matrix in the first place was a storyline that was entirely unheard of. Now, it’s turned into a rehashed Superman, just with a […]
May 20, 2003 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been told that I was quoted in an article about the relationship between “The Matrix” and the Christian faith in today’s Tulsa World, but I haven’t seen it yet. I’m looking forward to watching “Reloaded” again. Some of the dialogue was pretty dense and I need to hear it again. The first movie was […]
May 18, 2003 by Leave a Comment
Like Sprite I’m caffeine free. Feels good. Later today I’m going to a funeral for the daughter of one of our members at Garnett. She was killed Wednesday morning in an auto accident. She was a senior in high school, set to graduate in a couple of weeks. After that, I’m coming home to a […]
May 9, 2003 by Leave a Comment
Tonight we’re continuing our study of the “Kingdom of God” as a leadership team. At the last meeting I handed out a chapter from Craig Van Gelder’s book The Essence of the Church. We’ll be discussing the chapter as well as continuing to answer the question: What can we learn about the Kingdom/Reign of God […]
May 8, 2003 by Leave a Comment
The last experience of God is frequently the greatest obstacle to the next experience of God. We make an absolute out of it . . . All great spirituality is about letting go. Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs
May 7, 2003 by Leave a Comment
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons