this past monday at our Living In The Tension gathering at The Marin Foundation, we talked about some of the tricky conversations surrounding biblical interpretation.
our discussion naturally led us down the path of such topics as bruno mars, butterflies and arithmetic.
i’ll briefly describe one of those here.
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originally found on upworthy, the following video shows how the creative shane koyczan turned the pain of childhood bullying into this stunning video with the help of some incredibly talented people.
the message? words matter.
it’s well worth the 7 minutes. enjoy.
before the weekend, a friend of mine linked this article from the local newspaper of the community from whence i came, outlining some of the (un)christian behavior that often accompanies the name of jesus in the public marketplace.
she wrote on her facebook wall,
‘As a Christian, I hate that we are often labeled “hypocrites” by society… but then I read stories like this and I know why we have that label.’
on thursday, my friend tony jones did a good job explaining the internet buzz surrounding #RickWarrenTips, a ridiculously hilarious and popular meme which trended on twitter for hours.
it started with one of rick’s regular tweets, and took off from there ::
New churches: Buy land as soon as you can but delay building for as long as you can. Cant explain all the reasons here.
— Rick Warren (@RickWarren) February 14, 2013
as folks picked up on the ‘can’t explain all the reasons here’ line, a hashtag was created and a trend was born. it lasted for hours, until rick joined in on the action of #RickWarrenTips. here’s how the trend died :: Continue Reading…
Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God, not to change the mind of God about humanity.
— Richard Rohr, OFM (@RichardRohrOFM) February 8, 2013
what do you think?
POST UPDATE :: tony jones replied to this tweet stating his disagreement and wrote a blog post about it – worth reading!
i own one VeggieTales DVD.
it’s josh and the big wall
i’ve always liked slushies.
i’ve always disliked peas.
i’m ambivalent about the french.
this past week andrew and i had the privilege of sitting in on a spiritual formation class at a higher education institution in portland, oregon.
our friend tony kriz, author of neighbors and wise men :: sacred encounters in a portland pub and other unexpected places had invited us to speak with his students about our own journeys in elevating the conversation with the gay community beyond the back-and-forth, right/wrong polarizing rhetoric that so often dominates these discussions.
during our time together, tony made an interesting observation as he supplemented a statement i had made concerning standing in solidarity with the Other – celebrating the diversity with which our humanity is expressed rather than demanding homogeneity in values, practice and belief.
this week i had ample time on flights across the country to read a number of books that were recommended to me by friends.
here are a few i’ve read in recent days :: Continue Reading…
rob bell is dropping a new book.
‘what we talk about when we talk about God‘ explores, essentially this idea ::
‘God is not behind us – dragging us backwards into some primitive, regressive state. God has always been ahead of us, pulling us forward – into greater and greater peace, integration, wholeness and love.’
