A trusted friend recently recommended Watchmen to me. I read it and loved it. It’s a great morality tale. I didn’t read comic books as a kid and this was my first experience with a graphic novel. I loved the multi-layered storytelling and the flexibility the graphic medium gives the author/artist. I’m also looking forward […]
Archives for 2008
The Beatitudes are Good News
I’ve been preaching the through the beatitudes one at a time. In each message, I insist that we resist reading the beatitudes as ethical prescriptions. They’re not the be-happy attitudes and they’re not good advice. They are declarations of good news to the broken people who have gathered around Jesus to hear him teach about […]
October 21, 2008 by 3 Comments
Quote from Godin
A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to his religion before he explores it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not he wants to accept the ramifications. A curious person embraces the tension between his religion and something new, wrestles with it […]
October 20, 2008 by 1 Comment
Final Chapter: Partnership: Participating in the Story with Others
I’m going to skip a few chapters and show you the last one. This is where I make the case for Christian community. Feedback on content is always appreciated. Now that you’ve seen a number of the chapters, I want to give those of you who haven’t commented yet one last chance to chime in […]
October 17, 2008 by 1 Comment
A Quote from Pascal
When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true, and admit that truth to him, but reveal to him the side on which it is false. He is satisfied with that, for […]
October 17, 2008 by 2 Comments
Chapter Six: Baptism: The Portal Into the Story
Here is the chapter on baptism. Let me know what you think. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story Chapter Five: Conversion: Becoming a Part of the Story For you were buried with Christ when […]
October 13, 2008 by 4 Comments
Chapter Five: Becoming a Part of the Story
Ok gang–I think the next couple of chapters will be where your feedback is the most necessary. Let me know how this chapter about conversion strikes you. Thanks. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story […]
October 6, 2008 by 3 Comments
Chapter Four: Jesus: The Center of the Story
Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in […]
September 30, 2008 by 2 Comments
Chapter Three: The Story From Below
Thanks again for all the helpful feedback on these chapters. Here’s the next one. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below In the Ancient Near East–the time and place out of which much of the Bible was written–kings often erected statues of […]
September 28, 2008 by 1 Comment
Opening Line
How is this for an opening line to a sermon on “Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth”? What I’m about to say today makes absolutely no sense and may end up being of no practical value whatsoever, but since what I’m about to say is based on something Jesus said, I […]
September 25, 2008 by 2 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons