I’m encouraging everyone I know to read Peter Rollins’ How (Not) to Speak of God. It has stimulated my thinking more than any book I’ve read in the last year or two. It’s fairly short, but it’s dense. The payoff is worth the time spent. It informed some of what I said at the Zoe […]
Archives for October 2006
Random Declaration #5
Chips and salsa/queso is my favorite comfort food.
October 10, 2006 by 9 Comments
Imperial History of the Middle East
Here’s a handy-dandy history map sent to me by Sam Middlebrook. You can find it here.
October 9, 2006 by 3 Comments
God in the Bathroom
The ancient Hebrew language didn’t have a world for “spirituality.” Apparently that category didn’t exist in ancient Hebrew thought because they believed that all of life had the potential to be “spiritual.” This is very different from our dualistic worldview that separates the world into two categories: the spiritual (sacred) and the material (secular). In […]
October 5, 2006 by
The Looming Presence
One of the ways we can be more present to the God who is always present is to slow down and pay closer attention to what’s going on around us. You never know when heaven and earth will kiss each other in a moment of clarity, insight, or transformation. The Celtic Christians called these moments […]
October 3, 2006 by 3 Comments
More Hall & Oates
The peer pressure has been intense. I’ve had close friends beg me to recant my last post about Hall & Oates. My official response: I can’t go for that, no can do. Instead, I offer you my Hall & Oates playlist. Before I do, I feel a little background info is needed. I bought my […]
October 2, 2006 by 11 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons