Monthly Archives: December 2006

I’m not a business person. I’m not savvy about business networking, and I find it hard to get my head around business people joining churches so they can further their business interests.  Church isn’t about customers and consumption to me, but that … Continue reading →

Some of the most heavy-handed and bizarre criticism I’ve ever seen about blogging has come from Southern Baptist leadership. Such as this from outgoing President Bobby Welsh: “what if we’d spend less time on these websites that we’d be able to … Continue reading →

India Police have made an arrest in the murder of 23 year old Michael Blakey of the UK. It is extremely important to note that initial reports Blakey had been stoned are not true. I am going to speculate here. … Continue reading →

Peter Steinfels NYT – In Politics, the ‘God Gap’ Overshadows other differences But given the general continuity of religious trends, which Ms. Bowman also underlined, why has the God gap so thoroughly overshadowed the attention given to other persistent gaps … Continue reading →

Journal of Ruth has found a very useful blog for people that have left the Pentecostal movement. When one initially leaves Pentecostalism, it is a bitter cup to drink to admit that we were fooled and that we believed in … Continue reading →

There are two well advertised religious blogging events in the US I’m aware of: The God-Blog Con out of Biola University and the Progressive Faith Blogging Conference which has decided to meet yearly in different areas of the country. (The … Continue reading →

Fierce compassion. Have you ever confronted it? I’m not talking about zealotry, obsession or make believe, I’m talking about that rare and real love that gives up everything of self, and laviciously pours itself out on others, burning into our brokenness, lighting … Continue reading →

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