a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread.
This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:
The religious right believes you [...]
I once contemplated reading nothing from the Bible except the Gospels for an entire year. I didn’t do it, but I did read the Gospels much more often than any other books that year. That experience was probably the forerunner to my exodus from the establishment and seeking out ways to be the church outside [...]
I love it!
Update: Embedding has been turned on and off on this short, and it seems now it is back on. If you can’t get the video to play, click the link in the comments.
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I received a small amount of justice yesterday.
It appears that Van Nuys Superior Court Commissioner Martin Wegman thinks I deserve the chance to be innocent…
I posted earlier about the possibility that I could not afford to be “not guilty.” It was going to cost me $381 to have my day in court. Evidently, the L.A. [...]
Many of the wonderful things in life go by unappreciated.
A kind word, a smile from a stranger, the gentle breeze on a hot summer day.
What was once wonderful often sinks beneath the muddy waters of routine.
The faithfulness of a friend is too often forgotten even before the next trial begins.
But arising from the ruins of [...]
My friend Jason Zahariades is exploring Eastern Orthodoxy. He’s got a lot of great posts on his blog, and a recent post challenges equality in interpretation of the Scriptures. He quotes Fr. Stephen,
“Literalism is a false means of interpretation (hermenuetic) and is a vain attempt to democratize the Holy writings. If they can be read [...]
OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free.
Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.
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“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” - Ephesians 2:8
There’s a disconnect in the common Evangelical doctrine of salvation between faith and works. Perhaps disconnect is not the right word, but there’s a one-sided view of “works.” While we are saved by [...]
Terms get thrown around and we get desensitized to them. One of them is “waterboarding.” Most of us know it is a form of torture, but few know what it even is or what it is like.
This may seem like an awful post on Christmas Eve, but as I read this post from Boing Boing [...]
The Environment. Global warming. Universal Health Care. Poverty. War.
These are all issues we must be concerned about.
Do you feel a “but” coming?
But…
There’s a danger in big ideas. The danger is we transfer one cause for another. This is especially dangerous in the emerging church. Many of us have come out of church situations where [...]