wadehodges.com Archives: May 2006

N.T. Wright and Anne Rice

Fascinating conversation with N.T. Wright and Anne Rice. Strange combination.

And Now. . .Back to Life

Cope is talking about TV shows.
Now that 24 and Lost and American Idol and Prison Break (yes, Prison Break) are done for a while, I can get back to life. I’m really disappointed with myself. For years I’ve managed my TV time pretty well, but this last TV season I picked up […]

American Gospel

I’ve been listening to American Gospel by John Meacham and thoroughly enjoying it.
He makes the case that the relationship between church and state, religion and politics, and Christianity and the faith of the Founding Fathers is like most things in history: more complex and nuanced than most people want to believe.
He contends that […]

Leave a Hole

I’m memorizing this response from Patrick Mead. It’ll come in handy some day I’m sure.

A couple was furious with our church. We had gone to see what happened to them after someone noticed they’d been gone from our worship assembly for some time. “We aren’t coming back,” the husband said. “That is an unloving, […]

The Shaping of Things to Come

Our staff is going to start working through The Shaping of Things to Come. I’ve seen lots of links to it and heard lots of recommendations. I’m over halfway through it and I’m loving it. I have no idea if any of the stuff it talks about is actually doable by […]

Digging Out

We’re back in T-Town and we’re digging out from under all the stuff that piles up after a two-week vacation.
There are weeds to pull, clothes to wash, letters to open, emails to send, groceries to buy, calls to make, and most important–saved episodes of 24, Lost, and Prison Break to watch.
I’ll be in the office […]

Cabo San Lucas

We spent a fantastic week in Cabo San Lucas. Absolutely beautiful in a Mexican desert sort of way. Perfect weather. We sat by the pool. We snorkelled in the Sea of Cortez. We ate chips and salsa for breakfast, lunch, dinner and breakfast.
We had a family at Garnett give us […]